$18.99
32 pages • Hardcover • Ages 4–8
8.75” x 11.25" • ISBN: 978-1-63655-063-3
A hilarious tale about a a boy with a wild imagination and his loving family, from award-winning author, Swapna Haddow and bestselling artist, Dapo Adeola.
Run! Hide! My mom’s a lioness and she's on the prowl.
Is Mom a lioness? She loves her 'cubs', she can run faster than anything, and she can catch you in a single pounce for cuddles and kisses. She always makes sure you can hear her incredibly loud, proud roar. What else could Mom be but a lioness? But sometimes, especially when her young ones are upset or scared, a lovely, warm, protective lioness embrace is just what is needed.
My Mom is a Lioness is the brilliantly funny follow-up to My Dad is a Grizzly Bear. Created by Swapna Haddow, author of the Dave Pigeon series, and Dapo Adeola, illustrator of Look Up!
My Mom Is A Lioness
By Swapna Haddow & Dapo Adeola
Praise for My Dad Is A Grizzly Bear
“Hilarious, heart-felt and utterly relatable, with knock-out illustrations.
Swapna and Dapo have taken every available opportunity to pack this book full of humor and diverse representation.”
–Picture Book Perfect
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“A fabulous picture book: bold, playful and wonderfully heartwarming.
The book has a gorgeous father/son relationship at its core and is a celebration of family life and family love.”
– Get Kids Into Books
Swapna Haddow
Trained as a doctor, but after discovering she didn't like blood, decided on a career change, and wrote her the first book in which quickly became the bestselling Dave Pigeon trilogy. She has since won numerous children’s book awards, has another series called Ballet Bunnies (writing as “Swapna Reddy”) and recently released the first in a new series called Bad Panda. Swapna lives in New Zealand with her husband, their son, and their dog. You can usually find Swapna writing, reading, or eating Jaffa Cakes. Sometimes you might find her doing all three at the same time. www.swapnahaddow.co.uk
Dapo Adeola
Dapo Adeola is an illustrator, author and character designer who rocketed into the picture book world with his greatly acclaimed illustrator debut, Look Up!, written by Nathan Bryon and won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize in 2020. Dapo illustrated My Dad is a Grizzly Bear and the upcoming My Mom Is a Lioness written by Swapna Haddow, and collaborated with Malorie Blackman on We're Going to Find the Monster. Dapo is the author of Hey You!: An Empowering Celebration of Growing Up Black, featuring 18 talented Black British illustrators. Born in Britain and of Nigerian heritage, Dapo's work tends to revolve around creating characters and imagery that challenge gender norms and equality politics in a fun and upbeat manner. Dapo runs workshops to help highlight the possibilities of a career in illustration to inner city people of various ethnicities. Dapo currently lives in London. For more information find him on Twitter @DapsDraws.