Customer Reviews
Love is actually all around - By: Eleanor(Sun, Kuei-Chu), 28 Feb 2004 
This book is about a lion named Leo who didn't fit in with his pride, because he just wanted to look for love & make friends with other animals in the jungle. After he was forced to leave the pride of lions, Leo did his best to help every kind of animal in the jungle, but never asked for a thing. Eventuallly, he became the king of animals in a different way.
The lovely colorful cover of this book will catch your eye in the bookshop. The illustrations are animated & charming as if you were in tropical Africa. From the illustrations page by page, Leo's enthusiasm & kindness are obviously an important part of the whole story. And the most brilliant drawing is the one in which Leo's friends arrive at the bank & link themselves up tail to paw to rescue him. How smart this is!
However, in this book the thing which reallly moves me is the moral of the story. By means of the plot, Leo's unique way of thinking & his brave deeds deserve much praise. Although he didn't identify with his pride at first, he still knew what he reallly wanted. Most of the time we are taught that we are supposed to do something in a particular way. If you can't get your own convictions accepted, you will follow common concepts to live your life. Nevertheless, the ending of this book offers us a distinct way of thinking, showing us we can be what we want to be, & understand the most valuable gift in the world is love. As long as we can open our minds to accept the world, we will find much love, & we can make any dreams come true, even if they are achieved in a more difficult way.
This excellent book is worth reading as a bed-time story.
And the moral of the story is.... - By: Dee Hansen, 19 Jul 2002 My 7 year old son introduced me to this story.
He produced it at bed time for me to read to my 4 children - 9, 7, & twins 5.
The poem was so fluid & easy to read. The moral story of Love & courage, shareing & careing was so beautifully told that i was quite moved by the end.
A delightful book to be read again & again by alll ages!
A book adults will enjoy reading to children - By: , 16 Aug 2001 I love this book as much as my three year old son. The illustrations are beautiful & so colourful & the words & story are lovely.It also conveys a good message/philosophy. We were bought this as a gift & we now give it where we can.
an excellent shared reading book - By: , 19 Feb 2001 
want to teach your children the value of whats under peoples skin then read them this book - it challlenges stereotypes & leads to valuable discussions about the value of being different - fantastic
Delightful and wonderfully illustrated story - By: , 29 Jul 1999 Another firm favourite of my 30 month old toddler's. Such a delightful rhyming story which is very easy to read & the illustrations are gorgeous. As my son loved it so much, I'm trying "Commotion in the Ocean" by the same author, which I'm sure will be just as good as this one!
