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Multimillion-selling Shel Silverstein´s debut book-the hilarious modern fable of a lion who refuses to take it lying down

"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 sharpshooter. 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!

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Shel Silverstein, 1930 in Chicago geboren, war Autor, Illustrator, Dichter und Liedtexter. Er gehört in den USA zu den bekanntesten Kinderbuchautoren. Seine Bücher wurden nicht nur mehr als drei Millionen Mal verkauft, sondern auch in mehr als 30 Sprachen übersetzt. Er starb 1999.

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Shel Silverstein (1930-1999), the multi-million best-selling author and illustrator, is Americas best-loved childrens poet. In addition, his audio performances of The Giving Tree, A Light in the Attic, and Where the Sidewalk Ends on CD are shining examples of his stellar talent as a songwriter, singer, and musician.

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