Lion Lights: My Invention That Made Peace with Lions

Lion Lights: My Invention That Made Peace with Lions
Author: Richard Turere
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2022-08-02
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 088448887X

Winner of the 2023 Children’s Africana Book Award (CABA), which is awarded by The Center for African Studies at Howard University. Outstanding Science Trade Book for 2022 by the National Science Teaching Association and the Children’s Book Council. California Eureka Silver Honoree 2022 A story of ingenuity and perseverance. Richard Turere’s own story: Richard grew up in Kenya as a Maasai boy, herding his family’s cattle, which represented their wealth and livelihood. Richard’s challenge was to protect their cattle from the lions who prowled the night just outside the barrier of acacia branches that surrounded the farm’s boma, or stockade. Though not well-educated, 12-year-old Richard loved tinkering with electronics. Using salvaged components, spending $10, he surrounded the boma with blinking lights, and the system works; it keeps lions away. His invention, Lion Lights, is now used in Africa, Asia, and South America to protect farm animals from predators.

Red Light, Green Lion

Red Light, Green Lion
Author: Candace Ryan
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Total Pages: 43
Release: 2019-05-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1525303015

A green lion. A red light. And one very unusual day. As a green lion waits for a green traffic light, some surprises appear, such as lightning, a lilac, library books and lima beans. Or rather, “li-ghtning,” “li-lac,” “li-brary books,” and “li-ma beans” because each spread ends with “Red light, green li-,” and the reader must turn the page to see the whole word — and what’s happened. Through it all, the lion calmly and helpfully deals with whatever shows up, and philosophically muses about the way life can be. “Some days are not like most days,” the lion explains. But as all children know: those days are usually the most fun!

In the Skin of a Lion

In the Skin of a Lion
Author: Michael Ondaatje
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2011-04-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307776638

Bristling with intelligence and shimmering with romance, this novel tests the boundary between history and myth. Patrick Lewis arrives in Toronto in the 1920s and earns his living searching for a vanished millionaire and tunneling beneath Lake Ontario. In the course of his adventures, Patrick's life intersects with those of characters who reappear in Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning The English Patient. 256 pp.

When the Library Lights Go Out

When the Library Lights Go Out
Author: Megan McDonald
Publisher: Pocket Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9781416910510

The children go home, the library closes, the lights go out... and the adventure begins!

Every Color of Light

Every Color of Light
Author: Hiroshi Osada
Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2020-04-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781592702916

Poetic and sparse, a bedtime story told by the elements.

Ella's Night Lights

Ella's Night Lights
Author: Lucy Fleming
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2024-10-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1536246107

Friendship, kindness, and gratitude are all illuminated in a quiet tale of a magical girl with mothlike wings. Nestled in a little nook in an old oak tree is a tiny girl named Ella. Ella loves light, but must be sure to avoid the sun because of her delicate wings. Flittering about at night, she collects light from everything that glows and glimmers in the darkness, always making sure to share the light she gathers with those who need it most. Until one day, when her animal friends decide it’s their turn to give back—with a creative plan that just may make Ella’s dream of seeing the sun come true. New York Times best-selling illustrator Lucy Fleming’s author-illustrator debut is a sweet story about the power of giving to others and celebrating our friends, as well as a reminder that we all have a light within us that is worthy of being shared.

The Snow Lion

The Snow Lion
Author: Jim Helmore
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2017-09-21
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1471162257

From the fabulous partnership of award-winning author Jim Helmore and the brilliant Richard Jones comes a stunning book about friendship. When Caro and her mum move to a new house, Caro becomes lonely. There’s only so much exploring she can do by herself! It’s not long though before she makes a new friend – The Snow Lion. He’s as white as snow, and together they have fun playing hide and seek, chasing and sliding. However, it’s soon time for Caro to venture out on her own . . . With a slighty magical, classic feel and a lovely message, The Snow Lion is a story which will appeal to children and parents alike, and the beautiful illustrations make this a book to treasure.

Leo the Lightning Bug

Leo the Lightning Bug
Author: Eric Drachman
Publisher: Kidwick Books LLC
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2001
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0970380909

Kids will identify with Leo and grasp the importance of believing in themselves as they follow Leo's adventure to make his own light. Full color.

The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life

The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life
Author: Boyd Varty
Publisher: HarperOne
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780358099772

Set in the African bush: a tracker seeks one lion, thanks to lessons that can teach us all how to live--Provided by publisher.

Before I Grew Up

Before I Grew Up
Author: John Miller
Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2021-10-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9781592703616

A story of childhood dreams and adventures, and of the parental love that in seeing you, nourishes you to become yourself.