Description - The Lonely Lioness and the Ostrich Chicks by Verna Aardema
Illustrated in full color. Beloved storyteller Verna Aardema is at her
finest in this African animal tale, weaving charm and suspense with a
delightfully satisfying resolution. Peering down from her treetop perch, a
lonely lioness admires the noisily cheeping clan of Mother Ostrich and thinks,
"I would be happy to have just one child." So she leaps down, "gurum" ! and
steals "all four" ostrich chicks. Accepting the lioness as their mother,
the chicks follow right behind he. Mother Ostrich is frantic! As she chases
after the lioness, she enlists the help of gazelle, hyena, jackal, and
mongoose. But which one can help her to get her chicks back? With art by Yumi
Heo that blends primitive, African, and folk styles, "The Lonely Lioness and
the Ostrich Chicks" is a captivating picture book destined to be a classic.
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