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Illustrator
  
Pamela Allen

Media type
  
Print (paperback)

ISBN
  
978-0140509397

Author
  
Pamela Allen

Cover artist
  
Pamela Allen

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Language
  
English

Pages
  
unpaginated (31)

Originally published
  
1985

Genre
  
Picture book

Country
  
Australia

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Publisher
  
Penguin Books Australia

Similar
  
Pamela Allen books, Other books


A Lion in the Night is a 1985 children's picture book written and illustrated by Pamela Allen. It is about a baby who makes a wish, transforms her toy lion into a real one for one night, and goes on an adventure.

Reception

A Lion in the Night has been reviewed by the school library journal and Kirkus reviews that called it "A nighttime romp" and wrote "Allen's funny drawings, full of lovable characters and amusing details .. are deployed across the double spreads in a series of rhythmical dances to echo the wonderfully cadenced text. The dream-adventure makes the night exciting, but leaves baby safe and sound when the sun rises, in this fantasy that begs to be shared aloud."

It has been read/taught in schools. and has inspired a number of theatrical productions.

It also received the 1986 Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa Russell Clark Illustration Award.

References

A Lion in the Night Wikipedia