"Andy and the Lion"

Once again, thank you Pip for the delightful week of children's illustrations. Be sure to check out all the others who are playing at "Meet me at Mike's". I have been seeing many that bring back memories, and have had so much fun going through my own collection.

I'm not sure what day we are on, is it the last one? I think I'm a day behind most. Anyways, if there is one more day I would like to ask, does anyone have a book about a little girl who counts pockets? It was one of my very favorites when I was little, and I thought I kept it but I cannot find it anywhere. No idea the author or copyright, but it would have been from the 50's. It starts out by the little girl saying she can put her hand in her pocket. Then she meets a child on the sidewalk who brags that they have two pockets, and they have marbles in the. The next child they meet has three pockets, with more things in them. It ends up with Daddy having ten pockets, and candy for all of them. Probably no one has it, but I just thought I'd give it a try.

Here is the book I'm sharing for today. Copyright 1938.All of the pictures are on one side and the text on the other.

"It was a bright day with just enough wind to float a flag. Andy started down to the library to get a book about Lions. He took the book home and

read and read. Andy read all through supper. He read all evening. and just before bed time his grandfather told him some tall stories about hunting lions in Africa.

Andy dreamed all night long that he was in Africa hunting lions. When at last morning came

Andy woke up. The sun was looking in at the window and Prince was tugging at the bedclothes. The lions had left but Andy kept thinking about them.

Andy thought lions on the back porch and his father had to remind him to wash behind his ears."

Skipping a few pages. On his way walking to school, Andy meets up with a lion.. who we find out later had escaped from the circus. He pulls a thorn out of the lion's paw and they become friends.