Name: Nooshin's review of Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back by Shel Silverstein
Item: Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back
Rating: 4
Author: Nooshin

Shel Silverstein

"You don't have to shoot me," says the young lion. "I will be your rug and I will lie in front of your fireplace and I won't move a muscle and you can sit on me and toast all the marshmallows you want. I love marshmallows." But the hunter will not listen to reason, so what is there for a young lion to do? After eating up the hunter, Lafcadio takes the gun home and practices and practices until he becomes the world's greatest sharp-shooter. Now dressed in starched collars and fancy suits, and enjoying all the marshmallows he wants, Lafcadio is pampered and admired wherever he goes. But is a famous, successful, and admired lion a happy lion? Or is he a lion at all? Told and drawn with wit and gusto, Shel Silverstein's modern fable speaks not only to children but to us all!

Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back

Nooshin

Jeni Enjaian

I refer back to my review of "A Giraffe and a Half." I do not claim any expertise in reviewing children's literature. Thus, I do not have much to say in this review.
I enjoyed this book and the absurdity of the talking lion and his adventures. It made for an easy read. Shel Silverstein never disappoints.

Nooshin &
Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back by Shel Silverstein

Reviews

Join the club

Nooshin &Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back by Shel Silverstein

Reviews

Join the club

Nooshin &
Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back by Shel Silverstein