num_pages: 112
description: The book that started it all: Shel Silverstein's first children's book, Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back is a whimsical tale of self-discovery and marshmallows, beloved by readers young and old"You don't have to shoot me," says the young lion. "I will be your rug and I will lie in front of your fireplace and I won't move a muscle and you can sit on me and toast all the marshmallows you want. I love marshmallows."But the hunter will not listen to reason, so what is there for a young lion to do? After eating up the hunter, Lafcadio takes the gun home and practices and practices until he becomes the world's greatest sharp-shooter.Now dressed in starched collars and fancy suits, and enjoying all the marshmallows he wants, Lafcadio is pampered and admired wherever he goes. But is a famous, successful, and admired lion a happy lion? Or is he a lion at all?Told and drawn with wit and gusto, Shel Silverstein's modern fable speaks not only to children but to us all!Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back is the book that started Shel Silverstein's incomparable career as a bestselling children's book author and illustrator. He is also the creator of picture books such as A Giraffe and a Half, Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?, The Missing Piece, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, and the perennial favorite 
  The Giving Tree
 and of classic poetry collections such as Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, Every Thing On It, Don't Bump the Glump!.
language: English
title: Lafcadio : The Lion Who Shot Back
titlecomplete: Lafcadio : The Lion Who Shot Back
genres: Fiction, Animals, Picture Books, Poetry, Humor, Young Adult, Classics, Novels, Childrens, Fantasy
ratings_count: 7016
publisher: HarperCollins