This tells a first person, true story of a boy who gets lost and spends days alone in the wild.
Book Title: The Boy and The Lion
Author: Saitoti Ole Morijoi; Turk Pipkin
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781957810423
Number of Pages: 82
Date Published: November 10, 2026
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Review
Some children aren’t given the opportunity to develop a strong attention span, therefore this book may not appeal to every family. It’s very wordy and the illustrations are in black and white. This is not going to appeal to some.
However, for those who don’t mind allowing their children to challenge themselves by reading and engaging without a lot of bells and whistles, this book may make a nice choice. It tells a first person, true story of a boy who gets lost and spends days alone in the wild. It’s like a better version of the book Hatchet.
This is someone’s life, it’s their experience, and I’m glad that it’s told in its full richness as opposed to trying to water it down. For the smallest children, it would make a good bedtime story over a few nights. Since it’s divided into chapters, one could choose to read it over the course of a week. However, I think the story should end at the end of chapter eight.
Chapters 9, 10, and 11 don’t seem to be a part of the story, and it feels out of place. This could be placed in an epilogue for those who want to know more about the life of the boy who experienced this.
Overall, this is a story that’s worth preserving for future generations.
