Oliver

About the Book

Oliver a lion club, is born without a tail and becomes embarrassed and sad when the other cubs make fun of him so he decides to go on an adventure to find someone who can make him a tail. He soon comes upon a house and meets Emily the mouse who makes hats, but Emily can’t help him. He feels discouraged and sees Mr. Owl who wisely declines as well. Oliver is discouraged until his friend Winston the hedgehog offers a suugestion that changes his life completely regarding his tail. But now Oliver realizes he has one more problem to solve regarding the cubs who made fun of him. Oliver thinks and thinks about how to solve his new problem when Winston passes by once again and helps Oliver with another great suggestion.

About the Author

Stephen Hiss’ stories are entertaining, fun to read, and create a perfect opportunity for parents to introduce appropriately at an early age the notion of managing some of life’s most important challenges such as friendships and developing self-esteem. Here, in The Lion Without a Tail, Hiss beautifully and in an interesting way builds a common scenario that any child may encounter. And created space and opportunity for the reader to interact with the child and begin the learning process.