Chloe and the Lion

The bestselling, dynamic duo of Mac Barnett and Adam Rex creatively spar as they battle to tell a tantalizing tale in this clever comedy sketch that breaks "the fourth wall".

Meet Chloe: Every week, she collects loose change so she can buy tickets to ride the merry-go-round. But one fateful day, she gets lost in the woods on her way home, and a large dragon leaps out from--"Wait! It's supposed to be a lion," says Mac Barnett, the author of this book. But Adam Rex, the illustrator, thinks a dragon would be so much cooler (don't you agree?). Mac's power of the pen is at odds with Adam's brush, and Chloe's story hangs in the balance. Can she help them out of this quandary to be the heroine of her own story?
"Twisty plotting, irreverent dialogue, visual hilarity, and sophisticated book design...an arch package." --Booklist

Don't miss these other books by Mac Barnett
Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem
How This Book Was Made
Rules of the House
Oh No! (Or How My Science Project Destroyed the World)
Oh No! Not Again! (Or How I Built a Time Machine to Save History)

Author: Mac Barnett
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 04/03/2012
Pages: 48
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.30h x 9.40w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781423113348
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.7
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 151038 / Chloe and the Lion


Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award - Nominee
Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Nutmeg Book Award - Nominee
Award: Cybils - Finalist


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2012
Publishers Weekly 02/20/2012 pg. 164
School Library Journal 04/01/2012 pg. 129
Booklist 04/01/2012 pg. 75
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2012
Kirkus Bea Big Book Guide 05/15/2012 pg. 49
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2012 pg. 20 - Marginal, Seriously Flawed

About the Author
Mac Barnett is the author of many books for children, including Extra Yarn, illustrated by Jon Klassen, a Caldecott Honor Book and winner of a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award; The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse, a New York Times bestseller; Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, a Caldecott Honor Book and winner of the E. B. White Read Aloud Award. Other titles include The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown, Chloe and the Lion, How This Book Was Made, Count the Monkeys, and Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem. He is the co-author, with Jory John, of the New York Times bestselling series The Terrible Two. Mac lives in California.

Adam Rex is the multi-talented author of books for children, middle readers and young adults, as well as an accomplished illustrator. He has written such beloved picture books as School's First Day of School (illustrated by Christian Robinson), has created both pictures and words for favorites like Are You Scared, Darth Vader?, Nothing Rhymes with Orange, and Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich; and he has illustrated books by bestselling authors like The Legend of Rock Scissors Paper by Drew Daywalt, Chloe and the Lion by Mac Barnett, and Chu's Day by Neil Gaiman. The True Meaning of Smekday was his first novel, followed by Smek for President! and other books for middle and teen readers. He grew up in Phoenix, got a BFA from the University of Arizona, and now lives in Tucson.