Description

Initially printed in 1959 and out-of-print for two years, this assortment of very short stories chronicles Ellen’s relationship– filled with two-way conversations–with her weak stuffed lion. Ellen’s personality is just a bit like Christopher Robin’s (although her look is just a clone of Harold, from Harold and the Purple Crayon popularity), but her lion is just a no-nonsense, harder-minded Pooh, using the voice of reason and truth to counter Ellen’s high-soaring imagination. The stories vary from anxiety about the dark and being unfortunate to enjoying doctor, being fully a fairy queen, and coping with a brand new gadget that nearly restores lion.Parents will find the quietly droll stories as enjoyable as kids, and a young child who says chapter books will find particularly satisfying.