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The happiest lion cub

In the Savanna lands of Africa lives a lion cub who dreams of being a musician. But his father expects him to learn to hunt and roar, not play instruments and sing. Will the lion cub have to give up music to be king?

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Shatokhin, Oleksandr (Author, Illustrator)
Other Authors:	Tompkins, Zenia (Translator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English Ukrainian
Published:	Brooklyn, NY : Red Comet Press LLC, 2022.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Lion > Juvenile fiction. Musicians > Juvenile fiction. Parental acceptance > Juvenile fiction. Picture books.
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Summary:	In the Savanna lands of Africa lives a lion cub who dreams of being a musician. But his father expects him to learn to hunt and roar, not play instruments and sing. Will the lion cub have to give up music to be king?
Item Description:	First published in 2021 as "Nayshchaslyvishe levenya" by Vydavnytstvo Staroho Leva (The Old Lion Publishing House), Lviv, Ukraine. Translation into English by Zenia Tompkins.
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN:	9781636550381 163655038X
Author Notes:	Oleksandr Shatokhin is an artist and children's book illustrator who lives and works in Sumy, Ukraine. The Happiest Lion Cub is the author's first book to be translated into English. Zenia Tompkins, an American of Ukrainian descent, began translating Ukrainian literature in 2015, after fifteen years' experience in education, academia, and the private sector. She holds graduate degrees in Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures from the University of Columbia and Islamic Studies from the University of Virginia. She currently lives in Tegucigalpa as the spouse of a U.S. diplomat, but considers Narrowsburg, NY.