Ein ungewöhnlicher Löwe

by Dragana Vucic Dekic, Agnes Szucher (Illustrator), Hedi Vidulic (Translator)

'Ein ungewöhnlicher Löwe' ist die in Reimen erzählte humoristische Geschichte vom König der Tiere, der Obst, Blätter und Gras frisst. Als er einmal in großen Sprüngen hinter einem seiner Opfer herrannte, brach er sich eine Tatze. Danach lag er nur hilflos da und beobachtete die Tiere, die noch bis vor Kurzem seine Nahrung gewesen waren. Er fragte sich, wie es denn möglich sei, dass der Elefant so schwer sei, obwohl er nur Blätter frisst, und wie die Antilope so schnell sein könne, obwohl sie sich von Gras ernährt. Zwar trieb den Löwen seine körperliche Hilflosigkeit zur Veränderung, aber allmählich begann sich auch in seinem Inneren eine Umwandlung zu vollziehen. Er betrachtete die Tiere mit mehr Empathie, wurde friedlicher und veränderte seinen Charakter vollständig.

Das metaphorische Bild vom Löwen und der Antilope, die friedvoll nebeneinander liegen und Gras fressen, ist die Vision einer idealen Welt, in der statt Gewalt Friedfertigkeit und Empathie herrschen. Die Botschaft, vegan zu leben, wird in dieser Geschichte auf humorvolle und fantasiereiche Art und Weise ausgedrückt, ohne zu moralisieren und lehrhaft zu wirken.

Dragana Vučić Đekić doktorierte über das Thema Theorie des Humors und Stand-up-Komödie. Sie schreibt humoristische Kurzgeschichten, Reisebeschreibungen, Gedichte und Bücher für Kinder. Eine Zeit lang war sie Redakteurin einer kulturellen Fernsehsendung und Studienrätin für Literatur. Sie rief Schauspiel-Workshops für Kinder ins Leben, die den Sinn fürs Humorvolle anregen. Ihre Kinderbücher unterstützen das Recht der Tiere, regen zu Empathie an, zu kreativem Nachdenken und zum Abbauen so mancher Vorurteile. Sie ist Autorin preisgekrönter Reisebeschreibungen, die sie auf ihrem Blog www.momthemuse.com veröffentlicht.

Genres: Animals

31 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 5, 2019

About the author

Dragana Vucic Dekic is an author in a variety of fields. She writes fiction, poems, songs, picture books, and holds a PhD in humour theories. She lives in Croatia with her husband and two children. Dragana feels that one of the main problems in this world is a lack of empathy, as well as many cultural and social prejudices, so good children's books are needed to raise generations who will not inherit these negative qualities. Her humorous picture books bring across a positive message by encouraging empathy between all living beings. She is also the author of award-winning amusing travels stories published on her website momthemuse.com.

Reviews

[Jade · Rating 4 out of 5]

An Unordinary Lion is the story of a lion who whilst hunting for prey hurts his leg and ends up observing all the other animals to see what they eat.

This is an interesting story that shows lion reflecting on his actions and trying to become a better lion. This is great for the children to see as it allows them to think about what they'd do or if they think lion is right or wrong. Seeing the animals each eating their foods is interesting for the children to see as it's not something we think about much but I feel like the book does insinuate that the lion should be eating vegan when in reality he is a lion. It makes it seem that children should be eating vegan too which is out of their control.

The illustrations are lovely and colourful and the children love seeing all of the animals on each page. It is nice to see how lion reacts to each of them and how this changes as we go through the book. This is a good story to get children thinking about what animals eat and being kind.

[Tony Parsons · Rating 5 out of 5]

Once upon a time there was a scary lion.
1-day while out hunting the scary lion sprained his leg.
Days went by & it wasn’t getting any better.
How was he going to hunt for food?
Scary lion began to observe how other animals ate.
Field mouse, duck, elephant, zebra, antelope, cow, goose, & monkey.

How did Scary lion solve his eating problem?

I did not receive any type of compensation for reading & reviewing this book. While I receive free books from publishers & authors, I am under no obligation to write a positive review. Only an honest one.

A very awesome book cover, great colored pictures & proper font & writing style. A very well written children’s educational story book. It was very easy for me to read/follow from start/finish & never a dull moment. There were no grammar/typo errors, nor any repetitive or out of line sequence sentences. Lots of exciting scenarios, with several twists/turns & a great set of unique characters to keep track of. This could also make another great children’s educational movie, a PP presentation, an animated cartoon or mini TV series. There is no doubt in my mind this is a very easy rating of 5 stars.

Thank you for the free author; BookSends; Amazon Digital Services LLC.; book
Tony Parsons MSW (Washburn)

[Elena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very cute and thoughtful

A good way to give kids a different perspective. Cutely illustrated and easy to read. Also a good gift for us adults that like children's books with a message