Honey…Honey…LION!
By Jan Brett
The story is from Africa and is about a badger and a bird known as a honeyguide. The honeyguide follows bees to their hives and then the badger breaks open the hive with its strong claws and they would share the honey. One day badger decided to find a hive by himself and proceeded to eat all the honey without sharing with the honeyguide. The honeyguide thought this to be unfair and decided to teach the badger a lesson and one day the honeyguide flew by badger crying, “Honey, honey, honey!” Badger followed and the honeyguide led him all over until they reached a cave where a lion lived. This lion began to chase after the badger and eventually badger got safely back to his home. This taught the badger a lesson and from then on made a point to always share honey with the honeyguide.
The reason I picked this book is because I remember reading Jan Brett when I was younger. From what I remember Jan Brett had really vivid illustrations. When I started reading, “Honey…Honey…LION!” the illustrations were just how I remembered them. On some of the pages there was more than one picture. There was the picture in the center which displays what the text says, and then on both sides of the center picture are smaller pictures. These pictures are of African wildlife. On the outside of each illustration is a border of beads and feathers. I thought that doing this might give students an idea of what African art might be like. I liked the story I think that children can learn a valuable lesson from the badger, do not treat others unfairly or else you could almost be eaten by a lion.