Good enough to eat
The dietary habits of lions and Goldilocks take centre stage in these delightful tales
Kate Kellaway
The Observer, Sunday October 26 2008
I was minding my own business on a train, reading
The Lion Who Ate Everything
(Walker ?10.95) with enormous enjoyment, when a boy aged four, spotting me, not only wanted to know why I was reading a children’s picture book but also why the lion on the cover had ‘swollen’ eyes and whether he was safe. There was nothing for it but to investigate together between stops. Not very, we decided, was the answer to the third part of his question.Tobias Hill’s fantastically toothy picture book appeals on a most basic level …

