One Yellow Lion: Fold-Out Fun with Numbers, Colors, Animals

Apparently whoever put this page together doesn't grasp that it's about the poem by Hilaire Belloc, as illustrated by Posy Simmonds, not about Roald Dahl's book. The poem is hilarious - one of Belloc's Awful Warning poems - and the illustrations of a beady-eyed, sneaky looking Matilda set it off beautifully. I recommend it highly!

I give this book as a gift to every 1 year old I know. It gets great reviews from both the parent and the child! When my niece was 2 1/2 she love to "read" the book to me! My newphew took it to preschool on his 'show and tell' day... he wanted to show everyone he knew how to read. It is a simple book... colors, counting, and animals (the illustrations are great).

Our baby is so active and squirmy now that it's hard to coax him to sit still for books. This book is so entertaining that he cuddles in and pays attention. Every time we say "One yellow..." and then flip open the flap to say "LION!" he roars with laughter. A clever and well-illustrated book.

This is the only book our son will sit through (time after time). He loves to open the flaps and the illustrations are bright and funny. I had to order another because our first one is almost worn out. Highly recommended.

This is one of our toddler's very favorites. Van Fleet's illustrations are amusing, as well as intriguing in the way that he incorporates a part of an animal in the number that is shown with it. The concept is straightforward enough, presenting numbers, colors and animals without excess words or imagery. Yet the presentation is made clever and engaging by the double-folded pages and the surprise of the final two illustrations. This is a book we have given as a gift repeatedly!