The Happiest Lion Cub

A lion cub prince, with passion for music, struggles with his destiny to be king.

In the savanna lands of Africa lives a lion cub who dreams of being a musician. But his father is against this desire because he expects his son to become king of all the animals. And in order to become the king, he must learn how to growl menacingly, not how to play instruments and sing. Will this lion cub really have to abandon his dreams to fulfill his destiny?

Author: Oleksandr Shatokhin
Publisher: Red Comet Press
Published: 09/13/2022
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.70h x 8.30w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781636550381
Audience: Baby-Preschool


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 06/17/2022 pg. 1
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2022

About the Author
Oleksandr Shatokhin is an artist and children's book illustrator who lives and works in Sumy, Ukraine. The Happiest Lion Cub is the author's first book to be translated into English.

Zenia Tompkins, an American of Ukrainian descent, began translating Ukrainian literature in 2015, after fifteen years' experience in education, academia, and the private sector. She holds graduate degrees in Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures from the University of Columbia and Islamic Studies from the University of Virginia. She currently lives in Tegucigalpa as the spouse of a U.S. diplomat, but considers Narrowsburg, NY.