The public library is, as we all know, a place where everyone-err everything- is welcomed so long as the rules are followed. Imagine, however, that one day a lion walked up the steps of the library and, "wandered all around the library. He sniffed the card catalog. He rubbed his head against the new book collection. Then he padded over to the story corner and went to sleep. No one was sure what to do. There weren't any rules about lions in the library." There are not any rules about a lion at story hour either and this lion is a lover of stories who protests with a loud and sustained roar when story hour ends. Unfortunately for the lion, roaring in the library IS against the rules. Told he must leave if he cannot be quite, the children beg the librarian to give the lion the chance to return the next day and follow the rules. Will the lion be able to follow the rules? Can he refrain from roaring when story hour ends? Will he, despite the consequences, do the right thing when tragedy strikes? Readers from preschool through second-grade will identify with the helpful, story-loving lion as he does his best to follow all the rules while exploring the library. Watching him pad softly through Kevin Hawkes warm and funny acrylic and pencil illustrations will make us all wish for a library lion of our own; to help us reach the top shelves and rest our backs against as we thumb drowsily through the lastest edition of Cricket magazine.
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