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Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back
"You don't have to shoot me," says the young lion. "I will be your rug and I will lie in front of your fireplace and I won't move a muscle and you can sit on me and toast all the marshmallows you want. I love marshmallows."
But the hunter will not listen to reason, so what is there for a young lion to do? After eating up the hunter, Lafcadio takes the gun home and practices...more
But the hunter will not listen to reason, so what is there for a young lion to do? After eating up the hunter, Lafcadio takes the gun home and practices...more
Hardcover, 112 pages
Published
January 6th 1963
by HarperCollins
(first published 1963)
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Sep 16, 2011
Maryam Shin
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
داستان-کودک-و-نوجوان
یه وقتهایی هست که حس میکنی کودک درونت کز کرده کنج دلت و میگه به من محبت کن، بهم توجه کن، یه کاری کن که سرگرم بشم...
در چنین وقتی میدونی چی میچسبه؟
یهو دلت بخواد که یه نوشته از شل سیلور استاین بخونی، بعد اسمشو سرچ کنی، ببینی توی اثراتش "لافکادیو" هم نوشته شده، و بعد یهو یادت بیاد که یه روزگار دوری یه دوستی اون کتابو به تو هدیه داده ولی تو هنوز نتونستی بخونیش! آره اون موقع هست که میتونی بشینی به پای داستان عمو شبلی از لافکادیو و پا به پای کودک درونت و لافکادیو از کشف کردن چیزهای جدید لذت ببری...more
در چنین وقتی میدونی چی میچسبه؟
یهو دلت بخواد که یه نوشته از شل سیلور استاین بخونی، بعد اسمشو سرچ کنی، ببینی توی اثراتش "لافکادیو" هم نوشته شده، و بعد یهو یادت بیاد که یه روزگار دوری یه دوستی اون کتابو به تو هدیه داده ولی تو هنوز نتونستی بخونیش! آره اون موقع هست که میتونی بشینی به پای داستان عمو شبلی از لافکادیو و پا به پای کودک درونت و لافکادیو از کشف کردن چیزهای جدید لذت ببری...more
"You don't have to shoot me," says the young lion. "I will be your rug and I will lie in front of your fireplace and I won't move a muscle and you can sit on me and toast all the marshmallows you want. I love marshmallows." But the hunter will not listen to reason, so what is there for a young lion to do? After eating up the hunter, Lafcadio takes the gun home and practices and practices until he becomes the world's greatest sharp-shooter. Now dressed in starched collars and fancy suits, and enj...more
Lafcadio is the story of a lion who begins life as an ordinary lion might, but when he encounters humans in the form of hunters his life begins to take a new direction. Ultimately a man from the circus convinces Lafcadio to accompany him to human civilization, luring him with the promise of marshmallows.
Readers of all ages enjoy Lafcadio’s first impressions and behavior upon his arrival in the city, as well as his hilarious obsession with marshmallows! The juxtaposition of lion and hunter behavi...more
Readers of all ages enjoy Lafcadio’s first impressions and behavior upon his arrival in the city, as well as his hilarious obsession with marshmallows! The juxtaposition of lion and hunter behavi...more
Age:
Grades 4-6
Genre:
fiction
Diversity:
acceptance; self-awareness
Illustrations:
Illustrations look like they were drawn with pencil and are less frequent in this book than other titles from the author.
Personal response:
I am surprised by the "darkness" in the book. When I first read it years ago, I was also surprised by how long the book was and that it had chapters (as compared to other titles from the author). I think the book and story are well-developed and written. It has a good message within...more
Grades 4-6
Genre:
fiction
Diversity:
acceptance; self-awareness
Illustrations:
Illustrations look like they were drawn with pencil and are less frequent in this book than other titles from the author.
Personal response:
I am surprised by the "darkness" in the book. When I first read it years ago, I was also surprised by how long the book was and that it had chapters (as compared to other titles from the author). I think the book and story are well-developed and written. It has a good message within...more
Apr 06, 2012
Robert
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Shelves:
silverstein,
fiction,
lion,
4-0,
hunting,
homonyms,
onomatopoeia,
pun,
idioms,
own,
packed-for-classroom-3
I am a Silverstein fan and enjoy this book. Yet, I am not certain I get it . . . if there is anything to get.
It seems to me like Uncle Shel is trying to supply a message about who we are. The lion changes into almost a man. In the end, he finds he fits into neither group. An outcast. Is that good? What does it say that the lion turned his back on his heritage? That he is no longer accepted into refined society?
It seems like there is supposed to be some message to this, but I'll be damned if I ca...more
It seems to me like Uncle Shel is trying to supply a message about who we are. The lion changes into almost a man. In the end, he finds he fits into neither group. An outcast. Is that good? What does it say that the lion turned his back on his heritage? That he is no longer accepted into refined society?
It seems like there is supposed to be some message to this, but I'll be damned if I ca...more
מקסים, מקסים, מקסים !!!
האריה שהפך לסלב. ודוד שלבי מיטיב לספר אודותיו!
הבן שלי - בן תשע, ואני, נהינינו מכל מילה שקראנו וכל ציור ורישום בספר הנפלא הזה. אנחנו אוהבים את כל הספרים של של סילברשטיין שקראנו עד עכשיו, ותמיד נשאר איתנו מוסר השכל כצידה לדרך בשבילי החיים.
מהעץ הנדיב ועד החתיכה החסרה- ספרות מקסימה, מעוררת מחשבה יצירתית וביקורתית ונוגעת ישר בלב.
האריה שהפך לסלב. ודוד שלבי מיטיב לספר אודותיו!
הבן שלי - בן תשע, ואני, נהינינו מכל מילה שקראנו וכל ציור ורישום בספר הנפלא הזה. אנחנו אוהבים את כל הספרים של של סילברשטיין שקראנו עד עכשיו, ותמיד נשאר איתנו מוסר השכל כצידה לדרך בשבילי החיים.
מהעץ הנדיב ועד החתיכה החסרה- ספרות מקסימה, מעוררת מחשבה יצירתית וביקורתית ונוגעת ישר בלב.
اگه کودک درونتون بد جور داره لگد میزنه! این کتاب رو بخونید.
This is one of those books that I read to my students EVERY year...no matter what the grade level is at the time. I love this book. I'm currently reading it to my first graders and it is just so very delightful. I love that it is an actual little children's "story" not just the popular "poetry" that Shel Silverstein is well known for.
PLUS, It was written the same year I was born which was 1963! Obviously, this is a story that stands the test of time. My very favorite part is the part(s) about ma...more
PLUS, It was written the same year I was born which was 1963! Obviously, this is a story that stands the test of time. My very favorite part is the part(s) about ma...more
Mar 04, 2012
Amir Mojiry
rated it
3 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
story,
satire-and-humor
حالا بذارید ماجرای این یکی کتاب رو براتون تعریف کنم
ماجراش مربوط می شه به یکی دو سال پیش. قاسم قربانی داداش گلم، که هر کجا هست خدایا به سلامت دارش، قرار بود برای جمعی که دور هم جمع شده بودیم توی مشهد از معرفت النفس بگه. شروع کرد داستان لافکادیو رو تعریف کردن. شیری که جواب گلوله را با گلوله می داد!
داستان به شدت دل نشینی که لحن قاسم هم دل نشین ترش می کرد.
بعد یه روز که با هم رفته بودیم شهر کتاب اصفهان، لافکادیو رو که به طرز عجیبی کم پیدا شده بود پیدا کردیم. چند تا نسخه ی باقی مونده اش رو خریدیم تا د...more
ماجراش مربوط می شه به یکی دو سال پیش. قاسم قربانی داداش گلم، که هر کجا هست خدایا به سلامت دارش، قرار بود برای جمعی که دور هم جمع شده بودیم توی مشهد از معرفت النفس بگه. شروع کرد داستان لافکادیو رو تعریف کردن. شیری که جواب گلوله را با گلوله می داد!
داستان به شدت دل نشینی که لحن قاسم هم دل نشین ترش می کرد.
بعد یه روز که با هم رفته بودیم شهر کتاب اصفهان، لافکادیو رو که به طرز عجیبی کم پیدا شده بود پیدا کردیم. چند تا نسخه ی باقی مونده اش رو خریدیم تا د...more
من نميدونم در زبان فارسي به جاي صفت ( تنلش) چه كلمه و يا صفت ديگري را بايد به كار برد تا هم دقيقاً جان كلام به خواننده و يا شنونده منتقل شود و هم ادب رعايت شود. اگر شما ميدانيد بفرماييد. به هر حال، جناب ( لافكاديو)ي حاضر در اين كتاب جزو تنلشترين موجوداتي است كه در دنيا وجود دارد و عجيب اينكه من از اين شير ِ تنلش به شدت خوشم ميآيد و واقعاً دوستش دارم. يادم ميآيد وقتي اين كتاب را ميخواندم ، به بعضي از صفحات كتاب كه ميرسيدم مثل يك بچه ذوق ميكردم و قه قه ميخنديدم. اين جناب لافكاديو جزو...more
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I read this over a weeks time to Brianna and Joshua. Shel Silverstein is always off the wall a little which is good for kids imaginations. His poems I can read again and again but once through this book is probably good for me.
Bri is still laughing about his suit made of marshmallows that was too wrinkly and so they tried to iron it and it melted all over the lion. So I guess he hit 2nd grade humor right on the nose. :)
Bri is still laughing about his suit made of marshmallows that was too wrinkly and so they tried to iron it and it melted all over the lion. So I guess he hit 2nd grade humor right on the nose. :)
This was an odd book for me and I consider myself a fan of Shel Silverstein. I think maybe all the shooting and eating of people might have been a bit heavy of subject matter for a children's book but Mr. Silverstein seems to pull it off most of the time. Realizing that money and fame will not bring happiness is an important lesson in the book as well as realizing who you are and what it is that you really want out of life.
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"Come with me and be rich and famous and happy and be the greatest lion in all the world."
"Well," said the young lion, "if I do come, will I get a marshmallow?"
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بچه که بودم، میرفتم سراغ کتابهای پدر و داستانهای بزرگترها رو میخوندم.. "چقدر بچگونهس."
بزرگ که شدم(؟) داستانهای بچهها رو میخونم و میگم: "هی پسر! این واسه بزرگترهاس!"
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واسه "مارشملو"ت خیالبافی نکن. طعمشو دوست نداشته باشی، داستانت خیلی زودتر از اینا تموم میشه.
"Come with me and be rich and famous and happy and be the greatest lion in all the world."
"Well," said the young lion, "if I do come, will I get a marshmallow?"
»
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بچه که بودم، میرفتم سراغ کتابهای پدر و داستانهای بزرگترها رو میخوندم.. "چقدر بچگونهس."
بزرگ که شدم(؟) داستانهای بچهها رو میخونم و میگم: "هی پسر! این واسه بزرگترهاس!"
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واسه "مارشملو"ت خیالبافی نکن. طعمشو دوست نداشته باشی، داستانت خیلی زودتر از اینا تموم میشه.
In this silly book a lion is asked to join a circus to be a shooter, but then gets into it with a hunter. Kids will love this book because of how silly it is. It also teaches a good lesson that you don't have to just take what people do to you. You can fight back. Like a lot of Silverstein books it teaches you a meaningful lesson with subtlety. If a kid is being bullied they might just think back to Lafcadio and realize there is something that they can do about it.
Jan 14, 2013
Dolly
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
parents reading with their older children
Shelves:
2013,
childrens,
english,
caribbean,
france-french,
iran-persia,
russia,
washington-dc,
africa,
other-usa,
humor
We love Shel Silverstein's books and we've read most of his collection. His poems and illustrations are so uniquely humorous and absurd, we can't get enough of them. Our youngest will read the ones we own over and over, just as I did when I was about her age.
For some reason I'd never read this book before. It's a very wry look at big game hunters and a lion who stands up for himself. The story is a chapter book, which is a little different compared to Mr. Silverstein's usual short story and poe...more
For some reason I'd never read this book before. It's a very wry look at big game hunters and a lion who stands up for himself. The story is a chapter book, which is a little different compared to Mr. Silverstein's usual short story and poe...more
عمو شلبی این بار روایتگر یک شیر است: بهش گفتم تو دل شیر داری؟ یعنی اونقدر شیر هستی که جلوی اسلحهء از تو شیرتر من بایستی. بعد از چند ثانیه با یه اسلحه به طرفم برگشت. تا اومدم به خودم بجنبم جلوی یه شیر با یه اسلحهء واقعی بودم و توی موقعیت گره خورده بودم. سعی کن همیشه به اسلحهء یه شیر هم فکر کنی. اون ممکنه با وجود یال های بلند و دندونهای تیز و چشم های براقش بازهم یه حقه ای داشته باشه، به فکر بعدش باش، از اون هیچ چیز بعید نیست. خوش باش و به راه خودت ادامه بده، البته اگر تونستی از این مرحله جون سالم...more
This is the worst Shel Silverstein book of them all. You have "feel good" stories, that don't really do accomplish anything but make you feel happy. This would be considered a "feel bad" story, and I wouldn't read it to children. It's been a while, but there seemed to be a lot of shooting and eating people. It seemed pretty heavy handed, and the book I had, I accidentally/on purpose left somewhere.
I read this to both my children Girl(8) boy(5) They both enjoyed it VERY much and every time I sat down to read it to them they didn't want to stop. This is a GREAT book if you are trying to build your child to the point where you can read them chapter books. There are still simple pictures on every page, but a lot of text and the book is written in chapters. I highly recommend it as a read-aloud versus having a child read on their own because it is too much fun and very silly to pass up as a re...more
Read this again recently with my daughter. The first time I read this book was in middle school - our gifted education teacher read it out loud to us. I loved it then and I still love it today. With humor and touches of sadness, this book opens up avenues for some great conversations about being true to who you are, fitting in with the world, etc. Perfect for middle school age :)
Shel Silverstein gives us another clever allegory about life and society. Themes include desires, roles, and relationships between peoples. As always, I appreciate his absurdity, his silly wording, and his understated advocacy for simplicity and peace. Written in chapters and with fewer illustrations than his usual style, this is not a picture book (but remains a very quick read).
This book has been around for a while. I was read this book in 3rd grade, but I feel like any grade would enjoy listening to this book being read. I read it to my 1st graders this year. This is a lovely book about a lion who learns how to shoot a gun. Lafcadio is a literary treasure to share with any grade. A lesson one could teach with this book is plot, and setting.
This is such a fun story to read with students. It's written as a modern day fable and teaches children that power won't always make someone happy. The lion tries to reason with a hunter but ends up having to gobble him up to survive. He takes the hunter's gun and becomes a sharp shooter and gains riches and fame. It's a silly story to read with a positive message.
This book is LOTS of fun to read out loud but is probably more fun for older kids (3rd grade and higher). The younger ones might not get the crazy humor of it. I think it is a brilliant piece of work from Shel Silverstein. Kids are surprised to learn that this is one that we keep with the chapter books. Most haven't thought to look for him there.
This book cracks me up. I remember in the sixth grade going to the library and putting it on hold at least once a month because I would check it out and read it over and over again because I thought it was hilarious! If there is one thing that I've learned in my own classroom is that kids still appreciate, is a good Shel Silverstein book.
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Good but not great. Shell Silverstein gets points for a story with a plot, but loses some for going over the top and to excess at times (there's a lot of silly extraneous in this book.) Sort of like Citizen Kane for kids. Might have been about slavery, colonialism, assimilation or the perils of wealth and fame, I'm not sure.
عااااااااشق اون تیکه شم که گفت باید برام از مارش مالو لباس درست کنی، بعد از اینکه همشونو به هم دوخت( عکس مارش مالو های دوخته شده خیلی دلچسب بود) گفت حالا باید اتوشون بزنی و همه ی مارش مالو ها شروع کردن به آب شدن روی دست و صورتش.
نمیدونم چرا وقتی این لجبازی ها رو میکرد من اینقدر دوس داشتم و دلم حال میومد...
نمیدونم چرا وقتی این لجبازی ها رو میکرد من اینقدر دوس داشتم و دلم حال میومد...
I have fond memories of reading this when I was little. I bought a copy for my daughter for Christmas and decided to re-read it. I love the quirkiness of Silverstein. I had totally forgotten about the marshmallows in the story. I am not sure I like the way he ends the story, but the story itself is worth reading.
A slightly strange, but very enjoyable children's book. I read it to my first graders (editing slightly to take out some of the parts about cigars and such) and they thoroughly enjoyed it. They thought it was hilarious, and usually caught the humor. They even kind of got the message of it, which is always nice to see!
چقدر خوب و ساده توش بی هویتی رو می گه...
وقتی دبیرستان توی کانون پرورش فکری عضو بودم گرفتم و نصفه خوندمش...و الان خریده بودم و خوندمش و چقدر خوبه که الان خوندم که بفهمم چی توشه که بفهمم چقدر ساده می شه یه موضوع مهم رو برای بچه ها جاانداخت...البته این موضوع سخت رو به این سادگی فقط عمو شلبی می تونه بگه :)
وقتی دبیرستان توی کانون پرورش فکری عضو بودم گرفتم و نصفه خوندمش...و الان خریده بودم و خوندمش و چقدر خوبه که الان خوندم که بفهمم چی توشه که بفهمم چقدر ساده می شه یه موضوع مهم رو برای بچه ها جاانداخت...البته این موضوع سخت رو به این سادگی فقط عمو شلبی می تونه بگه :)
I thought I’d celebrate my 50th year on the planet by reading books published the year I was born, plus 100 and 150 years old (and maybe a few written in other years ending in “3.”) Anywho, I thought I’d start with a children’s book, and how fun to find out that a book published by one of my favorite poets / cartoonists, Shel Silverstein, was published in 1963. Having parents who were elementary educators, I was kind of surprised that this hadn’t been read to me as a kid. What a fun and interest...more
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Shel Silverstein was the author-artist of many beloved books of prose and poetry. He was a cartoonist, playwright, poet, performer, recording artist, and Grammy-winning, Oscar-nominated songwriter.
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