A deceptively simple, imaginative story depicting the complex emotional reality of a girl whose father no longer lives at home. The girl conjures up an imaginary companion, a lion, who will come with her on the long walk home from school. He will help her to pick up her baby brother from daycare and shop at the store (which has cut off the family’s credit), and he’ll keep her company all along the way until she is safe at home.
Featured in WOW Review Volume XI, Issue 2.
- ISBN: 9781554988570
- Author: Buitrago, Jairo
- Illustrator: Yockteng, Rafael
- Published: 2017 , Groundwood Books
- Themes: Friendship, Imagination, lions, Women and girls
- Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Mexico, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)
- No. of pages: 35