Monty the lion loves his long, golden mane. He thinks it's magnificent and he's not happy when his meerkat friends mess it up. Storming off to the waterhole, he's cheered up by the flattery of a new friend... who turns out to be a hungry crocodile! Monty runs away, leading the scary croc straight to his friends. With a huge ROAR! Monty saves the day, and realises that friendship is more important than good looks.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2014 by Templar Publishing .

Gemma O'Neill is a UK based illustrator, who studied at the University College Falmouth. This is her first book with Templar. She specialises in picture books and young audience illustration.