The Lady and the Lion

by Jacqueline K. Ogburn

Book Overview

Love and honor can overcome even the fiercest obstacles, as we see in this spellbinding fairy tale, with shades of "Beauty and the Beast." To save her father, a young woman must go to the castle of a menacing lion. She fears for her life, but finds kindness rather than danger there, for the lion by day is a gentle young man by night-a prince under the spell of a wicked enchantress. Soon the lady and the lion fall in love. Unlike the more familiar...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803726511
• ISBN13: 9780803726512
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Dial Books
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.3" x 11.8"
• Age Range: 4 years and up
• Grade Range: Kindergarten and higher

Customer Reviews

Magical artwork

If you have any appreciation for the artwork of this genre of picture books, then you must buy this book. I have many picture books, and I thought Kraft was the best illustrator, until I saw this book. While Kraft's work is amazing and mysterious, the artwork done by Laurel Long completely blows my mind. I've never been in such awe looking at pages from a picture book. It amazes me how someone can produce this art. The detail all over the page is amazing. The whole set up with this rolling hills background to show many different things in in the distance is incredible. The story itself was interesting, but did not grab me as much as some fairy tales. But much as I love fairy tales, this is my most cherished fairy tale picture book because the artwork is the best. Don't get me wrong, I did like the story, just did not looove it. But no matter, because I am so glad I came acrossed this book due to the art, although I am glad to know the story too. Anyway, after reading this book, I looked up Laurel Long and have bought the other books she's illustrated, and she does not disappoint. Buy this book, and then buy the other two books I highly recommend by her, The Mightiest Heart and The Magic Nesting Doll, and enjoy!

AN AMAZING BOOK FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS!!!

An amazing story about a lady and a lion falling in love. Everyone should have a chance to read this book. This is a story that is like Beauty And The Beast and Cinderella combined. This book is one of the best books I have ever read, because the pictures can tell the whole story if you didn't have the words. This is a good book to read alone because it is good to see the details in the pictures up close. This book should have won the Caldecott Medal for 2004, but it didn't.

The best book ever!!

The Lady and the Lion has the best illistations (in my opinion!)! When you look at the pictures, you think, Man, how does Laurel Long paint those pictures in oil paint and watercolor paper. I think that this book should have won the Caldecott Award, but instead, the book The man Who Walked Between the Towers won. I also think that, the ALA Caldecott book had good pictures, but I think that The Lady and the Lion should have won. This book is probably good for ages 7 and up. The reason 7 and up is because you have to be able to read it by yourself. Although, if you can't read it on your own, the pictures tell the story. If you like the two stories, Cinderella and The Beauty and the Beast, then this is the book for you, becuase it is a mix between those two stroies. I hope that you will find time to read this book!!

A perfect, museum quality, body of original artwork

Brilliantly retold for a new generation of children by Laurel Long and Jacqueline K. Ogburn, The Lady & The Lion is an impressive and memorable children's picture book that beautifully illustrates the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale of the Lady and the Lion. Laurel Long's artwork is a perfect, museum quality, body of original artwork that is a perfect match for the fairytale storyline. To fulfill a desperate promise, a young girl must confront a seemingly terrible lion - yet the beast is actually a prince under an enchantress' spell, and becomes her husband. Yet she must undertake a quest of seven years that will test her courage to its limit to truly rescue him, in this emotional and appealing tale.

A visual treat, a magical story...not just for kids

I was roaming the children's section of the bookstore in search of some inspiring artwork/illustrations and my eye was drawn almost immediately to "The Lady & the Lion." The artwork is absolutely beautiful, and it's the first thing to pull you in. I would love to see more of Laurel Long's work in it's life-size. Other children's books she's illustrated include "The Mightiest Heart" and "The Magic Nesting Doll." The re-telling of the Brothers Grimm story doesn't disappoint either. Not as "dark" as many Grimm fables can be, this one is magical and hopeful as well. But the illustrations are the thing that will keep me re-reading this book: I'll be studying it in-depth for a quite a while, as I'm also an artist. I wish Laurel Long had a website where more of her works could be enjoyed.