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Hedge Lion

  • Interest Level: Preschool - Grade 3
  • Reading Level: Grade 2

Discover your inner-roar with Ida, and your inner kindness with Hedge Lion!

Ida sees Hedge Lion every day on her walk around town. Hedge Lion wants everyone to think he’s a hedge. Nobody’s scared of hedges. But Ida is brave, she notices things that other people don’t, and she’s not fooled. She knows Hedge Lion is a lion, she just needs to help him find his roar. Along the way, Ida learns to be patient and kind, and Hedge Lion learns to be brave and confident.

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Interest Level Preschool - Grade 3
Reading Level Grade 2
Genre Picture Books
Category SEL: B Self-Management, SEL: D Relationship Skills, Social Emotional Learning
Copyright 2022
Publisher Andersen Press USA
Imprint Andersen Press USA
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2023-03-07
Text Type Fiction
BISACS JUV002150, JUV039060, JUV039140
Dewey [Fic]
Dimensions 9.5 x 11
Features Awards, Original artwork, and Reviewed

Awards

  • Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) Choices, Winner, 2024

Reviews

Booklist

Reviewed on 15 March 2023

“The intricately detailed pen-and-ink drawings highlight the gentle story and call for study.”—Booklist

Kirkus Reviews

Reviewed on 15 January 2023

“Wilson-Owen offers a sensitive take on the idea of expressing and managing big emotions. Skilled use of fine-lined drawings is further enhanced by judicious use of color. . . . Roaring good naptime fare.”—Kirkus Reviews