Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back

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You don't have to shoot me, says the young lion. I will be your rug and I will lie in front of your fireplace and I won't move a muscle and you can sit on me and toast all the marshmallows you want. I love marshmallows. But the hunter will not listen to reason, so what is there for a young lion to do After eating up the hunter, Lafcadio takes the gun home and practices and practices until he becomes the world's greatest sharpshooter. Now dressed in starched collars and fancy suits, and enjoying all the marshmallows he wants, Lafcadio is pampered and admired wherever he goes. But is a famous, successful, and admired lion a happy lion Or is he a lion at all Told and drawn with wit and gusto, Shel Silverstein's modern fable speaks not only to children but to us all!

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That rare adult who can still think like a child The New York Times A genius... his is an enduring infuence The Times A gem Observer Children's Books of the Year A story which is really funny, yet also teaches us a great deal about what we want, what we think we want and what we are no longer certain about once we have it -- Eileen Battersby Irish Times

Author Bio

Shel Silverstein (1930-1999) was one of America's most successful cartoonists and children's authors, whose books have sold over twenty million copies in thirty languages. He was also playwright, poet, performer, recording artist, and Grammy-winning, Oscar-nominated songwriter. He is perhaps most famous for his books The Giving Tree and Where the Sidewalk Ends. Published in 1963, Lafcadio was his first book.