Kate Kellaway reviews Tobias Hill's new children's book

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

The Lion Who Ate Everything


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 …

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