The Lion Inside

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Her written work includes children’s stories and poems, clever advertising copy and lots of other stuff besides. Her illustrative work is a smorgasboard of giant, hand-printed poems, mind-bogglingly detailed gouache illustrations and a cacophony of quirky prints and etchings. The story is told in delightful rhyming prose and as expected, the artwork by Jim Field is delightful and full of warmth and charm. Fed up of being ignored and forgotten by the other animals, Mouse wishes he could roar like Lion. But, as he discovers, even the biggest, bossiest people are scared sometimes ... and even the smallest creatures can have the heart of a lion!

Rachel is a writer of words, drawer of pictures and champion of silver linings. She exhibits widely, writes tirelessly and frequently creates slightly unhinged characters. Fed up of being ignored by the other animals, Mouse wishes he could roar like Lion. But, as he discovers, even the biggest, bossiest people are scared sometimes … and even the smallest creatures can have the heart of a lion! What do you think Rachel Bright wants us to learn from reading The Lion Inside? What did you learn from reading The Lion Inside? The mouse overcomes his fears and goes to the lion for help. Can you think of a time when you have overcome your fears? How did you feel? What was the outcome? What advice would you give to others? She once won a week-long date in Tahiti, with ‘Man of the Millenium’ featured in Marie Claire magazine (and then spent a long time living it down).

Home Learning Reader in Residence Reader in Residence Digital Nursery and Reception The Lion Inside The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright and Jim Field Published by Orchard Books The story tells us that ‘we all have a mouse AND a lion inside’. Can you think of any stories that have a moral? What do they try to teach us?

Her work aims to capture a free way of thinking - one which makes you feel anything is possible, a feeling all too easily lost with the end of childhood. When we’re all grown-up, sometimes we just need a little nudge to remember it’s been there all along. Think of words / phrases to describe the mouse, the lion and the settings in this story. Look through the text to find words and phrases that the author uses. She collects alphabets and hats and has a Nissan Figaro car which everyone says looks like a matchbox toy.

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Find examples of rhyming words throughout the book and use them to create your own rhyming dictionary. She also runs an impressively global card and gift empire called ‘the brightside’ and occasionally practices her evil laugh.

Play the Sneaky Mouse Game- the lion sleeps and the mouse tries to sneak up to them and tap their nose or put their nose on the lions nose without waking the lion. If the lion hears the mouse, they have to wake up and run way because Lion is scared of mice. So mouse has to catch the lion and cuddle them or say something nice so that the Lion knows not to be scared. Look at the facial expression of the animals in each illustration. Can you take photographs of yourself (or a friend) showing different facial expressions and use these as the starting point for your own illustrations?The mouse wants to be able to roar like a lion. Make a list of words that describe the sounds that different animals make. Create your own illustrations of a lion and a mouse. Use our lion photos (see below) for inspiration. A Rose Original Production with Nicoll Entertainment, Curve, MAST Mayflower Studios, and Unicorn Theatre He pulls How to Roardown from his bookshelf ( “I will learn how to roar and I WILL learn it NOW!”). But to his dismay, Mouse discovers there’s only one beast who can teach him this skill: Lion! The mouse realises that “if you want things to change, you first have to change YOU.” What does this mean?