Disney's The Lion King

by Don Ferguson, Walt Disney Company (Contributor)

A richly illustrated retelling of Disney's new animated film follows the adventures of Simba, a young lion, as he grows to maturity, matches wits with the evil Scar, finds courage, and discovers true love.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Fiction, Fantasy, Animals, Classics, Adventure

96 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1994

Reviews

[Miloš · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rereading rereading rereading...
I really looooooooove my daughter. :-)

[Aaron_ebert · Rating 5 out of 5]

"The Lion King", by Don Ferguson, is a book about a young lion named Simba who goes from infant to adulthood, and the trials and tribulations he faces. The story begins with a huge celebration of Simba's birth throughout the land. It quickly progresses to when he's a cub and learns that he is the future king of the land. He goes out exploring past where his father gives him permission to and finds himself in a predicament, surrounded by 3 hyenas. His father bounds in and scares them away and warns Simba to never go past where the boundaries are. Some time after that, Simba and Mufasa are walking together and unbeknownst to them, Scar had arranged for a stampede through the valley they were walking in. Simba and Mufasa got separated and Mufasa did everything in his power to save Simba from being trampled by the herd. In doing so, Mufasa was killed. Scar made Simba feel it was his fault and warned him that he should leave and never return. Simba listened to his uncle's advice and left. He wandered until he collapsed and Timon and Pumba found him lying in the desert. The nursed him back to health and became his best, and only friends. He grew up with them. A few months later, Nala had gone searching for food for the herd. In doing so, she stumbled upon Simba. She didn't recognize him at first but after being with him a while she figured out who he was. She asked Simba to return to Pride Rock with her to fix the mess that Scar had created as ruler. Hesitantly, Simba agreed. Simba, Nala, Timon and Pumba all headed back to the land that had been destroyed by Scar. When Scar saw Simba he felt threatened and tried to push him off the cliff. While he was doing that, he said "this is how I killed your father". Simba then realized his father's death wasn not his fault. He fought Scar to Scar's death. Simba took over the leadership role he was born for.

Simba is a young lion in the beginning who finds out he's the future king. Mufasa is the father of Simba and the king of the land. Scar is the evil uncle of Simba. Zazu is a bird who is Mufasa's right hand man. Sarabi is Simba's mother. Nala is another lion cub about the same age who becomes Simba's best friend. Timon is a meerkat who finds and befriends Simba. Pumba is a warthog who is Timon's closest friend.

The story takes place in the dusty African plain, on and around Pride Rock. During the course of a about a year that it takes him to go from a cub to a adult lion.

What I took away from this book is "What goes around comes around". I also learned that running from your problems doesn't fix them and may not always be the best solution.

This is a book I would recommend to everyone! I really enjoyed it throughout my child hood and really enjoy it today.

[Alexander Draganov · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Khanh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute. I was curious to see what the novelization of the movie was like. The ending felt a bit rushed. Fun quick read when I got to it. The movie is way better.

[booklady · Rating 4 out of 5]

I know I must have read this with our own children when they were little (it was published in 1994, two years after our youngest was born) but reading it with my almost 2-year-old grandson the other evening was like reading it for the first time. The Lion King is one of his two favorite movies, so he actually let me read most of this.

[Sam Shaneybrook · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Lion King is about a family of lions that go through a difficult time. The son (Simba) of the head lion (Mufasa) must step up and take over the family, but first he must over come his own self doubt. This is a great story for primary children, ages 5-8.The Lion King has good versus evil where good is the winner. The artist of this story did a great job. The pictures are big and colorful and can easily grab the child's attention. The pictures all help the child understand what is going on in the story. This book should be read to everyones child because it integrates animals, family problems, and how to be brave. I would recommend this book to every parent.

[Abby Yoder · Rating 5 out of 5]

I remember when my mom used to read this book to me when I was really young. I love the story of the lions and how Simba over came his fear of thinking that he killed his father when he actually didn't. One of my favorites when I was a little girl.

[Shirley Revill · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought a few of these books in the series. My kids and Grandkids loved them.

[Katie (Kitkatscanread) · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Lion King is one of my favourite Disney films and I loved reading it in book form.

[Courtney Duke · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yay book 200🎉 let’s go Ari!

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book was a little long, but it did a good job summarizing the movie. The kids remembered watching the movie and some also watch The Lion Guard. They enjoyed roaring with the book. We read this after going to the zoo.

[John Yelverton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a wonderful adaptation of the fantastic and now classic Disney film. A great book for the whole family to read.

[Adrini Chia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I lucidly remember being on my kindergarten teachers lap, and her asking me "which animal is a zebra?" Which I then pointed to the giraffe and she said no but then I went "BUT...BUT I KNOW WHICH ONE IS CHEETAH". She goes "okay! which one is cheetah?" And I scream out a "THIS ONE" while pointing at the book, to the correct animal this time.
Teacher Alma then goes "Wowww good!" And flips to the next page.

[Kelly Chester · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a classic

[Cristina Di Matteo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Una splendida trasposizione illustrata del classico film Disney, che continua a emozionare con la sua storia di coraggio, amore e destino.
Le immagini vivide e il racconto scorrevole permettono di rivivere ogni momento della crescita di Simba, dal cucciolo curioso al re della savana.
Un libro perfetto per letture condivise in famiglia e per insegnare ai più piccoli il valore della responsabilità e del cerchio della vita.

[Slezadav · Rating 5 out of 5]

Děti si při čtení Lvího krále chrochtaly blahem. Ve stejné době sledovaly v tv animovaný seriál ze stejného světa a byly do lvů zbláznění.

Moc pěkné ilustrace, škoda, že nebyla kniha trochu delší

[Alice · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story started when a baby lion was born.His name was simba. His father had an evil brother . His name was skar.One day he killed mufasa.Simba didn't knew that skar killed his dad. Skar said that simba is responsible for his dad's death. So simba left his home pride rock.He got new friends timon and pumba. After years he found his girl friend nala. She forced him to go back to pride rock. But simba wanted to stay with his friends. After some time he saw his dead father's face in the clouds. His father told he has to protect pride rock from scar.Then simba went to his home with his new friends and nala. Will he kill scar and save pride rock or scar will kill simba and weaken pride rock? There lies the mystery..

[Yesenia · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a fine story with good illustrations. I gave it three stars because Simba's mother just disappeared from the story which is weird. My child keept asking me where is his mother? What am I supposed to say? His mother just left him??? Or his mother is not important to our story so we just don't see her??? Especially considering that in real life, the "kingdoms" of lions are led by female lions and not male ones. The story really should be about the Mother and Daughter, not Father/Son.

I know it's just a story. It's just a children's story. It's just a children's story based on Hamlet. Still, the absence of the mother is troubling to me and my child.

[Sahuna Imran · Rating 5 out of 5]

The 5 stars are for the movie the animated one not the real action.
I chose to give the rating to the movie and not the book because the movie is more detailed than the book.
I love the story, I even love the character of Scar and while growing up I couldn't understand how a brother would go against his own brother to become a king. Now that I am an adult I have seen it everywhere. The distribution of the fair share of inheritance is a rare scenario unfortunately.

[Taylor Armey · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book reminded me alot of the movie. I really like how this book shows all the different animals you would fine in teh savana. Simba was not afraid of anything he was always on a mission out exploring. Scar tricked the cubs into a trap where they were in danger. I love how it shows Simba growing up and making his father proud. This story is very engaging for students. You can have students read this book and watch the movie then make comparisons.

[Aušrinė · Rating 5 out of 5]

Būdama penktokė apie šią knygą savo sąsiuvinukyje užrašiau: "Šioje knygoje visas liūtuko Simbos gyvenimas. Simba turėjo labai piktą dėdę Rėžį, kuris nužudė jo tėtę Mufasą. Tada Simba pabėga iš Tauriosios šalies. Bet po kiek laiko grįžta ir susikauna su savo dėde." Ir šalia nupiešiau liūtuką Simbą.

[Xuewei Wu · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book mainly talks about the following five aspects: 1. The greatness of father's love; 2. The kind side of people in trouble; 3. Praise the steadfastness of love and the importance of friendship; 4. Oppose the pursuit of fame and fortune; 5. The fragility and ugliness of human nature in front of interests.

[Ethan Lee]

Audience: K-12 (EAL)
Readability: Easy
Subject: ELA
Description: The Disney classic The Lion King adapted to picture book format. This text can be used for any level learner while representing themes of loyalty, honour, and morality. This text can also be used as prereading for Hamlet.
Copyright: 1994

[Brianna Shrout · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had originally found this at a second hand bookstore and thought it would be perfect for our daughter. I know that not everything can be put in the movie in the book but it felt like there were pages missing. One page they would be in the elephant graveyard and the next they are looking at stars with no segway into it. Other than that, it was a good story to accompany the movie.

[Chiaki Dawnnova · Rating 1 out of 5]

I found this book in my home. It's a happy ending to a once depressing story. As most of you know I'm not the biggest fan of these types. They took a perfectly good story and screwed it up. WHAT THE HELL DISNEY! One star. This sucks.

[Joseph Octavia]

Hmmm let me see what do I think about this book. I don't even know where to start at I absolutely love this book and movie I know it might be old but I love reading this book to my daughter now. I think if you love the lion king go read it to your kids.

[Rozanna Lilley]

Read this to my grandson today. He made me skip some of the scary pages with Scar. Then he made me read it again. That's a lot of "why" questions. In general the answer is "because patriarchy triumphs".

[Judy Tarver · Rating 5 out of 5]

While some Disney books can be heartbreaking, I feel that they are all excellent stories and this one is one of my all time favorites. It is a truly unique story that I think all children and even adults will love.

[Savanah Malone · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this movie when I was younger and reading it at my age now still makes me feel like a little kid reading it. The Lion King is a well known Disney movie that has a great story for young readers to read and get to know what that movie is about.

[Aamina · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this to a few kids today, they were interested to know if Scar actually died.
I didn't get to read or watch this in my childhood... better late than never.