Such a cute and funny little story told from the lions perspective. This book is guaranteed to have your Littles giggling as they read about the lion who eats all the picture book characters.

As always, thank you to the publisher and netgalley for providing me a copy in exchange for an honest review

What a cute story!! It has great rhyming and repetitive elements for a read a loud. It also some some elements that can be interactive in a read a loud which kids are sure to love. The illustrations are cute appropriate to the story. There are some silly things and the serious message of being yourself and not what people expect you to be. Hope to get this for my library soon!

I loved this book and the illustrations were fantastic! I think it would be a great addition to my library and that kids of all ages will love it.

At first glance this book seems to be a fun book about a lion who doesn't know how to behave to fit in with his peers. But after I read it again, I thought it would be really good to read to my little boys who have poor role models (or no role models) at home. Maybe what family members teach them at home is not really conducive to school. I think I would use this book to teach social skills at the beginning of the year. Otherwise, it is a very funny book! I know my younger students would enjoy it!

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

If you see a Lion is a fun and entertaining book for children, full of rhyming and humour. This book will have little ones shouting out rhyming words and joining in the story as it is read and it would make a fantastic class story.

A well-paced and very funny story about a lion who devours everything in its path! ^^
The subtext of this album is interesting because it evokes the fact of remaining yourself and not trying to correspond to the image that others paste us.
I liked the illustrations, with simple settings and very expressive characters.

This was a very fun book to read. It begins simple enough, but as the tale moves along it is clear something odd is going on. One animal tries to bring a truth to the surface, yet they aren’t having much luck doing that. Once something happens to them, it looks like an important lesson will be learned. Most kids will have a lot of fun reading this book.

The illustrations in "If You See a Lion" were fantastic. I enjoyed it, and kids will enjoy roaring like a lion while reading it. I think it would be good for story time.

Be Your Own Cat

The book starts with a startling sentence, where we are told that there is no story because a lion has eaten it all up. The reader is encouraged to look for this lion on all the pages and to make a loud sound if they find him. In fact, the lion is right there in the thick of the action, trying to hide in plain sight while he recounts dastardly things he’s done, like eating other creatures and even a forest in his desire to remain king. Near the end of the book, a rabbit calls him out, suggesting that he doesn't have to do these terrible things and that he should just be himself, the lion that is in his heart. Later pages then show him leading a parade with the other characters. He still leads, but since he is now a better creature, he has new friends.

The illustrations in this book are cute and would certainly appeal to younger children. What's fun about this book is the first part is set up as if the lion sharing the story isn't a lion; he puts an eye patch on—so now, a pirate! Kids will have silly fun when asked to find the lion—it’s right there in a not-so-good disguise! The lion also warns the reader multiple times about how they should shriek, yell, and make other loud noises if they ever see a lion. The book had a good message about being yourself. Because of all the interaction, I think this would be a great read aloud. We don't see any violence on the pages, though the eating of so many lovable characters—including unicorns—might be disturbing to some young children.

The illustrations in this book are reminiscent of some of the early Little Golden Books. They're built on simple shapes and blocks of muted color. This makes for a more primitive, less chaotic style. The sensibility of the plot is more modern, as sort of clever slyness, a wink at the reader. It seeds clues about the resolution into the story as we go. There's a plainly spoken lesson about what makes us special. Cute.

The best part of this book was it's illustrations.Hands down one of the best illustrations so far in children books I have read.
But the story is.elephant in the room.The moral was little forced .I have read a few books on the concept of being yourself but this was not at par with them.
The lion eating everything as per his nature will be difficult to dilute and explain to young minds.

My favorite part about this boom would have to be the illustrations! They were absolutely beautiful! The story was a little bit tough to read & maybe not the best for real little kiddos since the lion liked to chomp everything that came within reach. The message about being you & it’s so special that no one else can be you was sweet.

Really wonderful illustrations, I would even say award-winning. The book is very busy and very wordy which disqualifies it as a good read-aloud. This would make a really great title for more sophisticated students which is to say I recommend it.

This is one of those books that just makes a massive smile stretch across your face as you're reading it. It's so playful and witty and wonderfully original, and I think lots of readers are going to love this!

There is a lion on the loose (so the narrator tells us), and things keep getting gobbled up. There used to be a unicorn over there but now there is just a broken rainbow. And that pirate hat? Well, the pirate was gobbled up along with a wizard and a dinosaur too! With all that munching going on, we're told to shout if we see a lion.

That's exactly what a little rabbit does, and the rabbit gets increasingly exasperated as it's quite clear there's something fishy going on with this narrator... will the rabbit confront this pesky narrator and manage to avoid being the lion's next meal? And can a lion every change his ways?

I love how Karl Newson builds the story gradually and I can totally imagine little readers getting really excited about this as they realise what's going on and joining in with the rabbits shouts of 'Lion!'. We also love Andrea Stegmaier's illustrations too, there is SO much personality in the lion and the rabbit and all the details for the creatures which have been gobbled are awesome. And there's a fab message about being your true self and not just trying to live up to what other people think you are.

"If You See a Lion" is a hilarious rhyming book from author, Karl Newson. Lion gets into all sorts of trouble when he decides to live up to his name and eat all the storybook characters and then lie about what he's done. Rabbit isn't fooled and sets about to "get them out of there." Young readers wills be captivated by the interactive story and engaging illustrations.

Shortcomings: The flow of the story is jumpy at times.

Verdict: I would definitely recommend purchasing this book for early elementary classrooms. It is perfect for a read aloud and teaching literacy elements.

If You See a Lion was a fun book about a lion that has eaten the story. The rhyming narrative will make a great read-aloud, and there are plenty of opportunities for audience participation. The illustrations were truly charming.

However, the moral of the story felt forced - it was quite surprising that the message turned out to be "Just Be Yourself." That is always a great subject to discuss and show kids, but I don't think it was well developed in this book.

My daughter found this book so entertaining. I loved that the story was used to teach young children just to be theirselves. The pictures were very good and colorful.

Here for the fashion of the animals in this book, especially the Lion on the last page!

This was fun and silly and has great bones. I think it lost a bit of clarity with all of the shifting voices and pretending so it could be hard for some kids to understand and access this one.

It’s fun all the same. And the art is cute. There’s a late message about being yourself at the end which I’m not sure really lands but again, not sure it matters it’s just more about the art and silly vibes— at least that’s what I got! Well, that and apparently lion fashion envy.

Thanks to the publishers and Netgalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book was alright. It didn't have the charm a lot of others do in this category. My son didn't want to finish it either.

If You See a Lion has the humour I've come to expect from Karl Newson's books.

It also has a feel of Jon Klassen/ Steven Lenton about it.

The story uses the idea that the lion needs to be fierce and scary in order to be king of the jungle. He encounters a small rabbit, who is brave enough to stand up to the lion and convince him that there may be a better way.

A fun rhyming book, which will have younger children shouting out the end of the sentences/rhymes.

I particularly loved the end papers. The illustrations are vibrant and energetic.