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Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion
First edition
AuthorVerna Aardema
IllustratorJerry Pinkney
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's picture book,
Published1989 (Dial Press)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages28 (unpaginated)
ISBN9780803702981
OCLC13581887

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.

Reception

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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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. February 27, 1989. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  • ^ Russo, Maria (September 17, 1989). "Children's Books: Bookshelf - Additional titles of interest". The New York Times. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  • ^ "Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion: a Swahili Tale (Book)". School Library Journal. 35 (10). Media Source Inc.: 97 June 1989. Retrieved December 27, 2016.[dead link]
  • ^ "Rabbit makes a monkey of lion : a Swahili tale". Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
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