Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion
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 First edition | |
| Author | Verna Aardema |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Jerry Pinkney |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's picture book, |
| Published | 1989 (Dial Press) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 28 (unpaginated) |
| ISBN | 9780803702981 |
| OCLC | 13581887 |
Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion: A Swahili Tale is a 1989 children's picture book by Verna Aardema and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. It is an adaption of a Swahili folktale and is about Rabbit tricking Lion over a calabash tree.
Publishers Weekly reviewed Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion writing "Aardema offers up a sound piece of storytelling, admirably reflected in Pinkney's full-color watercolor and pencil illustrations; he composes a lush jungle setting for the folksy antics, and brings drama to the text with his depictions of the various escapes from the hapless Lion."[1] and the New York Times described Pinkney's illustrations as having "a velvety softness".[2]
Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion has also been reviewed by the School Library Journal,[3] and Booklist.[4]
