Disney's The Lion King Zazu's View

by Justine Korman Fontes

Zazu the hornbill, King Mufasa's closest advisor, recounts in his own terms the birth of Simba, the death of the king, Scar's disastrous reign, and how the grown-up Simba gained the throne.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

24 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1994

About the author

Justine Korman is the author of over 600 children's books, including mega-selling adaptations of Disney hits like THE LION KING, plus her original popular GRUMPY BUNNY series for Scholastic.

Justine has been writing all her life. She worked part-time in publishing while earning her B.A. in English Literature, Phi Beta Kappa from New York University. While an editorial assistant at Golden Books, she met her future husband and partner, Ron Fontes, an artist in the Whitman Comics department, who moved on to mighty Marvel Comics.

When Justine started getting freelance writing assignments, Ron pitched in and a children's book writing team was born! Ron brought visual storytelling, theatre, and history; Justine enthusiasm, humor, and a straight-A attitude.

In 1988, the couple moved to Maine, where they have written everything from beginning readers and novelty books to historical fiction and graphic novels.
Justine's hobbies include fitness, juggling, gardening, cooking, and playing the ukulele. She also enjoys making movies with Ron.

The prolific couple's goal is to write 1001 children's books.

Reviews

[Chance Hansen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like the way they went with this book. Being one of the best characters from the movie. (From beginning to end.) There are things that happen in this book that aren't revealed in the movies. It's a good set up and the art is awesome. It's bright when it needs to be and dark when appropriate. It's enjoyable and the art is respectively the closest the the movie without using the movie.
I also like the cover.

[PumpkinParker · Rating 2 out of 5]

Rather than expanding on what Zazu may have been up to offscreen, Zazu's View is pretty much just a scene-by-scene recap of anytime we saw him in the movie. That being said, you are getting the movie narrated in a different (sassier) voice, so I could imagine a Zazu-obsessed kid enjoying this

Also, the book establishes a single day passing between Simba's presentation and his run-in with the hyenas? How fast do you think lions age??

[Lida · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this to my brother, it was funny reading from Zazu's perspective!