Much in the tradition of Elsie Minarik's Little Bear early readers, Johnny Lion finds adventures inside the house before he gets boots, and outside, after he gears up to splash in puddles.  I liked how, when J. got tired of painting pictures (very cool pix, btw, fruitful resource for students of child psychology) and paints his tail, Mother makes him clean up the mess.  I didn't care for the climax, when the parents came out in the rain worried about their little lion because there was a dog loose in the neighborhood, and I don't think young readers would appreciate that bit, either. ( )

books about animals who are pretending they are human are not my favourite. why don't we have a child and parents?

Every child should read this book. I still love it! ( )