This book is about a lion who is obsessed with his mane. He gets tricked by a crocodile and almost gets eaten. The Crocodile chases him and leads to the meerkats (the lion's friend). Even though the meerkats messes with Monty's mane, Monty puts on a brave face and saves his friends, the meerkats. This story can teach young children about the importance of friendship and to not be so self-centered. In the beginning, the illustrations were very bright and quite confusing. But I think O'Niel was trying to show off his beautiful mane. ( )

A lion who loves his mane learns that there is more to life that his mane, it is friendship. Monty is a lion who loves his amazing mane. He is selfish and thinks that is the only thing that matters in all the world. Eventually, Monty becomes friends with meekrats and learns that friendship is more important than his mane. This book is for grades 1-3. The book is very easy to read and the pictures are bright and colorful. The story has a good theme and that is that the best things in life are not possessions, but rather who is in our life. This is a good story to teach students about friendship and the importance of having that and companionship.

This 2015 picture book has the flavor of folktale stories or fables. The illustrations particularly are great, with a lot of textures and vibrant colors, original in style and use of media. The story is simple, but teaches a valuable lesson on vanity, friendship and self-acceptance.

Vain lion learns to have a deeper appreciation of his friends. Appealing alliterative text with bold, colorful illustrations. ( )