There's a Lion in My Cornflakes - Hardcover

Robinson, Michelle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802738362 ISBN 13: 9780802738363

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens, 2015

Sainsbury's Children's Book Award winner for Best Picture Book; A Guardian Best New Children's Book; The Sunday Times' Children's Book of the Week

If you ever see a box of cornflakes offering a free lion, ignore it!

This is the hair-raising story of two brothers who didn't – and then ended up with a grizzly bear, a cranky old crocodile, and a huge gorilla!

Now if only they could get a free tiger...

This hilarious and whimsical picture book is sure to be a hit with kids and adults alike!

About the Author:

Before she started writing funny stories for children, Michelle Robinson wrote copy and devised websites for some of the world's biggest brands. Michelle lives in Frome, England, with her husband and two children. She is the author of board books Yak Yuk and Bear Boar, illustrated by David Sim.
www.michellerobinson.co.uk

Jim Field is a hugely talented illustrator. His first picture book Cats Ahoy! written by Peter Bently won the Booktrust Roald Dahl Funny Prize in 2011 and was nominated for the Kate Greenaway award. This is his first picture book for Bloombury. Jim lives in London.
www.jimfield.co.uk

From School Library Journal:

K-Gr 2—When a young boy with a Dennis the Menace haircut and huge round glasses sees that his cereal box offers a "free lion" if one saves 100 coupons, the game is on. The young boy and his brother Dan buy boxes and boxes of cornflakes to cut out the coupons, saving them to send in and get their own lion. The family eats cornflakes morning, noon, and night. After sending in their pile of collected coupons, the boys eagerly watch for their lion to arrive in the mail. All the other kids who had collected coupons already have their lions, but when the delivery truck finally arrives, the brothers get a bear instead. They exchange their unwanted bear and get a crocodile and so on, adding new creatures each time. Each arrival is more ridiculous than the last, and after all of their complaints to the cornflake company, they wind up with a lifetime supply of a cereal they dislike! Gack! The boys learn to appreciate all the things their unexpected prizes can do for them and eventually become happy with their menagerie. But then they get a box of cornflakes advertising a tiger if one collects 100 coupons. Hmmm. This is a delightfully silly book with terrific illustrations. The graphic for the lion coupons alone is a winner. Exaggerated cartoonlike pictures will make young readers laugh out loud. VERDICT A recommended selection for children's collections.—Mary Hazelton, formerly at Warren & Waldoboro Elementary Schools, ME