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Summary: A truly fantastic book
Review: I am reading this book for the 100th time but I am reading it for the first time to my new son. My mother first read me Lafcadio in 1978. I made here reread it over and over. Now I am shareing it with my son Garrett. I hope he askes me to read it 100 times to him.
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Summary: Great read-a-loud book
Review: I discovered this treasure after reading Shel's poetry books to the kids. I read it to them on a long flight across the country and had the people in the seats around me listening in discreetly. It has some great morals and gems in it. About knowing who you are inside and finding your way in this world. And about the absurdity of hunting from the lion's point of view. The kids just love the bit about every lion having their own hunter's rug.
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Summary: I Loved This Book as a Child
Review: I first read Lafcadio when I was in, oh, first grade I think. Now I am thirteen years old, and just two nights ago I decided to read Lafcadio again. This book tells an interesting tale of how one lion out of many always dreams of something new. Lafcadio is a young lion who is, instead of afraid, curious, about hunters and their ways. He meets one one day and soon eats the hunter and takes the gun. Lafcadio learns how to shoot it in as many ways possible. Soon the lion is taken into the city and becomes famous. I love the book for the creativity, humor, and description put into it. I always loved Shel Silverstein's work as a kid but this one takes the cake.(...)
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Summary: A special read for all ages
Review: I was exposed to this book by a 3rd grader who loved it and was reading it for the umpteenth time. I read it with my daughters, ages 4 and 6, who also loved it. I loved it too! The story is timeless and can be read at many, many levels. The pictures throughout are wonderful, depicting Lafcadio in the absurdly funny scenarios told in the story; enough pictures to hold the interest of a young one with a challenging story for those older.
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Summary: A special read for all ages
Review: I was exposed to this book by a 3rd grader who loved it and was reading it for the umpteenth time. I read it with my daughters, ages 4 and 6, who also loved it. I loved it too! The story is timeless and can be read at many, many levels. The pictures throughout are wonderful, depicting Lafcadio in the absurdly funny scenarios told in the story; enough pictures to hold the interest of a young one with a challenging story for those older.
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Summary: My Favorite Book
Review: Lafcadio is a young lion who is different from the rest. One day he meets face to face with hunters and he eats them up. He took the gun along with him. Everyday he went behind the mountain and practiced shooting and he became the best shooter in the jungle. But one day, a man came to him. This book is great!! I first read it in fourth grade and I loved is so much, I read it more often!!
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Summary: Sweet!
Review: Our teacher read Lafcadio to us and we loved the story (and Lafcadio). We liked all the marshmallow parts--especially the marshmallow suit part. We thought his love of riding elevators very funny. There are also good life lessons in this book. We hope you will read and enjoy it as much as we did.
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Summary: Lafcadio Rocks
Review: This book be so crazy! I loved it since I was a kid. I love Lafcadio and his actions. His very fast actions. Like eating the hunter and growling when he doesn't get wants. Very quick, spontaneous, and funny. Shel Silverstein rules. His books and his poems are always so free and imaginative. I love it, Man!
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Summary: Creative, captivating and comical...
Review: This book is about a lion named Lafcadio, who learnt to shoot using a gun and began shooting back at hunters - hence the name of the book! The story started when Lafcadio got hold of a hunter's gun and began learning to shoot. He practiced shooting day and night, and he got better and better as the days go by. He is never short of ammunition. To get more ammunition, he just eats up hunters who come into the jungle !!
Then one day, a man from the circus came and offered him a job in the circus. He accepted it with the condition that he get lots and lots of MARSHMALLOWS !!
So, off goes Lafcadio to the city. At the city, Lafcadio tried many different things. He had a haircut at a barbershop. He had a suit made of MARSHMALLOWS for him. And as the days passes, he came more and more human. He learnt to dance, swim and even bowl..
The story is full of wit. If you are looking for a gift for your little one, I would highly recommend this book!
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Summary: My Favorite Book
Review: This is an exceptional book for all ages. Silversteins wonderful illustrations and humor are throughout this book. But the message is what makes this book so wonderful. It is a story about a lion but what this lion is dealing with child experience and grow up with this peer pressure and then the consequences we must pay for our action. This is a great book that everybody should read. Shel Silverstein has the most original way to get this message across and the humor with this book and how he describes " Uncle Shelby " is very insightful!
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