Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion

First edition
Author	Verna Aardema
Illustrator	Jerry Pinkney
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Children's picture book,
Published	1989 ( Dial Press)
Media type	Print ( hardback)
Pages	28 (unpaginated)
ISBN	9780803702981
OCLC	13581887

Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion: A Swahili Tale is a 1989 children's picture book by Verna Aardema and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. It is an adaption of a Swahili folktale and is about Rabbit tricking Lion over a calabash tree.

Reception

Publishers Weekly reviewed Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion writing "Aardema offers up a sound piece of storytelling, admirably reflected in Pinkney's full-color watercolor and pencil illustrations; he composes a lush jungle setting for the folksy antics, and brings drama to the text with his depictions of the various escapes from the hapless Lion." ^[1] and the New York Times described Pinkney's illustrations as having "a velvety softness". ^[2]

Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion has also been reviewed by the School Library Journal, ^[3] and Booklist. ^[4]

See also

• Br'er Rabbit

References

External links

• Library holdings of Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion