Leo the Lion Makes Up

By Nina Pirhonen

In the fourth book Leo and his friends Papa, Kosmo and Mishka build a wonderful hut together at daycare. But when it’s finished, everyone wants to play a different game, and the fun soon turns into a dispute. As frustration grows the joyous day turns rotten and the friends are fed up with each other. But not long until Leo and his friends learn that apologies have a magical touch. 

Nina Pirhonen's Leo the Lion series is an exhilarating, freshly illustrated series that deals with everyday situations familiar to preschoolers.

Publishing information

Year of publication

2024

Page count

32

Original title

Leo Leijona sopii riidan

Original language

Finnish

Book series

Leo the Lion (Book 4)

About the author

Nina Pirhonen (b. 1975) is a multi-talented picture book author and fashion and graphic designer. She knows her target audience: bold designs and bright colours, whether it is vehicles, animals or a trantrum-prone toddler.Her new character Leo the Lion has a personal touch. Pirhonen’s previous picture book series Pompom was also based on her fashion brand character. Pompom and her friends have shared adventures in five stylish titles and the rights have been sold in Arabic.With Leo the Lion picture books, the author and illustrator creates genuine stories about experiencing new emotions as a child, and brings them to life through visually fresh and colouful illustrations that both younger and older readers can appreciate. The series has a fourth book in the works, and the translation rights have been sold in a four-book deal to Greece.

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