Coralie longs to join the circus - but the Man in the Big Hat says her tricks just aren't good enough. With the help of her new friend, Lion, Coralie realises she's perfect just the way she is. A heart-warming story about the friendship between a girl and a lion, this fun, quirky picture book celebrates daring to be different the importance of standing up for yourself.

This book has been graded for interest at 0-5 years.

There are 40 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 2018 by Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd .

Grace Easton was born in London in 1994. She studied illustration at Central Saint Martins, Brighton University and Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Before becoming an author and illustrator she was a baker, a Christmas elf and a designer for Penguin Books. She now lives in New York where she spends her days making a mess, drawing pictures and writing stories. Cannonball Coralie and the Lion (May 2018, Frances Lincoln Children's Books) is her debut picture book.