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Author:

Richardson, Justin, 1963-

Title:

Christian, the hugging lion / by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell ; illustrated by Amy Bates.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 27 cm.

Subject:

Lions as pets--Fiction.
Lions--Fiction.
London (England)--Fiction.
England--Fiction.
Kenya--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Parnell, Peter.
Bates, Amy June, ill.

Notes:

Based on a true story. Includes an author's note.

Summary:

When Ace and John find a lion cub for sale at Harrods department store, they buy him, name him Christian, and the three live happily for a year in a London apartment, but eventually Christian grows too big and they must let him go to live the life of a wild cat.

ISBN:

1416986626
9781416986621

OCLC:

(OCoLC)262428697

LCCN:

2009002297

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

XBPE737 -- Lied Public Library - Clarinda (Clarinda)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

TKPE492 -- Maquoketa Public Library (Maquoketa)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GCPC771 -- Mitchellville Public Library (Mitchellville)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

BXPC851 -- Roland Public Library (Roland)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)