How to Be a Lion by Ed Vere
Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Genre: Childrens, Contemporary
Length: Short Story (32 pages)
Age Recommendation: 3+
Rating: 5 Stars
Reviewed by Astilbe

In this timely and charming story about the importance of being true to yourself, mindfulness, and standing by your friends, we meet Leonard, a lion, and his best friend Marianne, a . . . duck. Leonard and Marianne have a happy life together—talking, playing, writing poems, and making wishes—until one day a pack of bullies questions whether it’s right for a lion and a duck to be pals. Leonard soon learns there are many ways to be a lion, and many ways to be a friend, and that sometimes finding just the right words can change the world . . .

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Who says lions always have to be ferocious?

The friendship between Leonard and Marianne was sweet and supportive. I enjoyed seeing all of the ways these two friends could come up with to have fun together. They had similar ideas of what someone could do with their free time, and all of their ideas sounded appealing to me. While I don’t know if the author is ever planning to turn this into a series, there is definitely a lot of room here to explore what these characters got up to after the final scene in this book.

Leonard had an incredibly kind and gentle personality. I would have liked him regardless of what kind of creature he was, but the fact that a lion was described in this way only endeared me to him even more. He was such a unique soul that I couldn’t help but to hope that he’d become more comfortable in his skin and make friends with folks who didn’t judge him based on what he looked like.

I adored the message of this tale. Some people and lions will never fit the stereotypes of what others think they should be like. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with being different from everyone else, though, and I loved the fact that the narrator made this so clear to the readers through what happened to Leo as he broke all of the rules about how lions are supposed to behave.

How to Be a Lion was one of the best children’s stories I’ve read so far this year. I can’t recommend it strongly enough.