It’s a bumper month for Victoria Mackinlay as we celebrate the fact that not one but two picture books written by her are being published in July. See the previous blog post for the first title. Here we congratulate her on the publication of
The Lion Who Came to Stay
illustrated by Ronojoy Ghosh and published by Omnibus, Scholastic.
When Francis writes a letter to his parents in India, it results in a remarkable Christmas gift - a lion cub. They become the closest of friends, exploring the city, searching the sky for stars and learning to ROAR!
This is the true story of my beloved grandfather who was gifted a lion cub by a Maharajah when he was 8 years old. My grandfather is now 96 and still remembers his adorable and playful lion, Singh.
Book launch: Saturday 24th July, 2pm at Glee Books
Come along for lion face painting, meet the author and the illustrator and hear a very special reading of this remarkable true story.