Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion

Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion
	First edition
Author	Verna Aardema
Illustrator	Jerry Pinkney
Language	English
Genre	Children's picture book,
Published	1989 (Dial Press)
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	28 (unpaginated)
ISBN	9780803702981
OCLC	13581887

Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion: A Swahili Tale is a 1989 children's picture book by Verna Aardema and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. It is an adaption of a Swahili folktale and is about Rabbit tricking Lion over a calabash tree.

Reception

Publishers Weekly reviewed Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion writing "Aardema offers up a sound piece of storytelling, admirably reflected in Pinkney's full-color watercolor and pencil illustrations; he composes a lush jungle setting for the folksy antics, and brings drama to the text with his depictions of the various escapes from the hapless Lion."^[1] and the New York Times described Pinkney's illustrations as having "a velvety softness".^[2]

Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion has also been reviewed by the School Library Journal,^[3] and Booklist.^[4]

References

^ "Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. February 27, 1989. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
^ Russo, Maria (September 17, 1989). "Children's Books: Bookshelf - Additional titles of interest". The New York Times. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
^ "Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion: a Swahili Tale (Book)". School Library Journal. 35 (10). Media Source Inc.: 97 June 1989. Retrieved December 27, 2016.^{[dead link]}
^ "Rabbit makes a monkey of lion : a Swahili tale". Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Retrieved December 27, 2016.

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[1] "Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. February 27, 1989. Retrieved December 27, 2016.

[2] Russo, Maria (September 17, 1989). "Children's Books: Bookshelf - Additional titles of interest". The New York Times. Retrieved December 27, 2016.

[3] "Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion: a Swahili Tale (Book)". School Library Journal. 35 (10). Media Source Inc.: 97 June 1989. Retrieved December 27, 2016.^{[dead link]}

[4] "Rabbit makes a monkey of lion : a Swahili tale". Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Retrieved December 27, 2016.

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