Cover of Johnny Lion's Book

Johnny Lion's Book

by Edith Thacher Hurd

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64 pages1965HarperCollins PublishersISBN 9780060227067

About this book

When his parents go out hunting, Johnny Lion stays home and experiences exciting adventures reading a book about a baby lion who goes out into the world and gets lost.

Publication Details

Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Published
1965
Pages
64
ISBN
9780060227067
Language
en

About Edith Thacher Hurd

Edith Thacher was born in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1933 she graduated from Radcliffe College and moved to New York City, and in 1934 she enrolled in the Bank Street College of Education. There she met fellow student George Hurd, and the two married in 1939. They began creating children's books, she writing and he illustrating. In 1938, she published her first book for children Hurry, Hurry. In 1949, they had a son, Thacher, who is also a children's book illustrator. Over the course of her career, Edith wrote more than seventy-five children's books, many of which were illustrated by Clement.

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