Kitty Black (text) and Giuseppe Poli (illustrator), If I were a lion, Wombat Books, June 2023, 32 pp., RRP $24.99 (board), ISBN 9781761110191
Lions are brave, courageous, proud, and loud – it’s no surprise that the children in this book want to be just like one! It is refreshing that they soon come to realise that they possess the exact qualities and traits they admire about the lion. Proud, unique, wild, fun, powerful, and free to be themselves!
Author Kitty Black draws on her background in psychology and education to write children’s books which explore emotional acceptance with love, care, and humour. Her choice of words is encouraging and light hearted, yet powerful.
Giuseppe Poli’s illustrations dance across the pages, providing magic and movement to compliment Black’s words.
This book is ‘for every kid who has a lion inside of them (even if they don’t know it yet.)’
Reviewed by Raquel Mayman
