Hedge Lion
Binding: Hardcover
Imprint: Andersen Press
Age 3+
Picture Storybooks Animal Stories Personal & Social Issues: Self-Awareness & Self-Esteem
A friendship story about being your best self and helping others to be theirs.
Discover your inner-roar with Ida, and your inner kindness with Hedge Lion!
Ida sees Hedge Lion every day on her walk around town. Hedge Lion wants everyone to think he’s a hedge. Nobody’s scared of hedges. But Ida is brave, she notices things that other people don’t, and she’s not fooled. She knows Hedge Lion is a lion, she just needs to help him find his roar… Along the way, Ida learns to be patient and kind, and Hedge Lion learns to be brave and confident.
Creators
Robyn Wilson Owen graduated from the Cambridge MA in Children’s Book Illustration in 2019 with a distinction, having previously trained in theatre design at Wimbledon School of Art. She worked as a set, costume and puppet designer for a decade before turning her hand to children's book illustration.
Her work has been shortlisted for the Batsford prize 2018 and the Searle award for creativity in 2019.
