Ahmet Zappa Books

It's got to be hard to condense a whole movie into a small format, but this author (Emmons) manages to do it with style and character. Told in the 1st person by the lion cub, the book gives everything from his point of view, which is an interesting change from the movie. The book wraps up the story nicely on the last page with a good lesson and a satisfying message. One of the better books in this category.

Here's a word of warning to anyone over the age of 12 - I would not recommend the audio version of this book. It's fine to a point, but they introduce a character about half-way through that speaks with a slurping sound... and the narrator does a great job of doing just that. Imagine speaking while inhaling through a mouthful of jello, and I think you can image what the character's voice sounded like. It was so bad that not only did it make me cringe, but at some points I could not even understand what the character was saying! A younger person might enjoy this depth of characterization - or you might - but I thought I'd put it out there as a warning to some who, like me, would be put off by it.

Voice talent aside, the storyline was a lot of fun. It was imaginative and engrossing, though some of the cut-bits (reading from the book) were a little tedious (again, the problem with the audiobooks, no ability to skim!). I liked the characters, and the plot was... not exactly believable in the context of the real world, but eminently believable in the context of the story. I'd probably liken it to the Spiderwick Chronicles. If you liked those, you'll probably like this.

I heard about this book in a magazine and thought it sounded like a really neat story. My 10 year old opened it Christmas morning and started reading. Leaving a few other things unopened. It seemed to hook him in straight away.

I gave four because I have not read it yet. That and I think my son already loaned it out to friends. :) So, based on him, and the pile he left unopened, it must be a good book...

A book choice for children to read for clever and creative writing stills that use advance descriptive language that is so very engaging. An excellent choice t to interest children with authors.

I thought this was a great, fun, funny book especially for my 10 year old boy. We both loved it-we listened to it on CD. The music was great and especially the final song- "So you want to be McFearless." We both laughed out loud thoughtout, and I loved the recipes. I would think anyone who loved Harry Potter would like this book. Monsters, magic, legends, and kids discovering who they are- what fun. I look forward to new books by this fun author to share with my kids.

I purchased this book after reading about the author in Reader's Digest. I have an 8 yr old grandson with a reading problem and hoped that this book, having been written by a man who also had this reading disability as a child, would have produced something to help him.
The book was riddled with adjectives that would confuse an English professor, certainly did an 8 yr old struggling through them to make some sense of the story.

Nowhere in the description of this book did it suggest an age range, which would have helped.

I have returned the book.