Johnny Lion's Rubber Boots (I Can Read Book Series)

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It's a rainy day and Johnny Lion, star of Johnny Lion's Book and Johnny Lion's Bad Day, is stuck inside with no rain boots. What's a bored little cub to do? Johnny builds block towers, knocks them over, paints pictures, paints his tail all red ("Oh, oh, oh! The great big SCAREY THING bit me in the tail.") Johnny's mother is not impressed. "What a mess," she cries. "Johnny Lion, clean up all that awful mess." Then Johnny's father comes home with a new pair of rubber boots for Johnny, and he can finally go outside where his imagination has even freer reign.

For every child who has known the agony of being trapped inside when the whole wet world outside beckons, Edith Thacher Hurd and Clement Hurd have your number. With warm, gentle wit and enchanting illustrations, this well-loved author-illustrator team perfectly captures those rainy day blues. Clement Hurd, whose illustrations for Margaret Wise Brown's Goodnight Moon brought children's picture books to stunning new heights, can do more with a palette of yellow, red, and blue than many artists can do with a whole rainbow of colors. (Ages 3 to 7) --Emilie Coulter


"Light, amusing, and affectionate, another story about Johnny Lion (a cub who might almost be a small boy)."

Book Description
Rain-day bluesJohnny Lion has everything he needs to play outside in the rain--except rubber boots. So he must stay inside and play indoor games. But indoor games aren't as much fun as splashing in puddles and getting wet. When will Johnny Lion get to go outside?

Card catalog description
Until his father brings him some boots, a young lion searches for ways to entertain himself on a rainy day.

About the Author
Edith Thacher Hurd was born in Kansas City, Missouri. She wrote more than seventy-five children's books, including Starfish, I Dance in My Red Pajamas and the Johnny Lion books, many of which were illustrated by her husband, Clement Hurd.


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Johnny Lion is back in a story of a rainy day, and there could hardly be a more appealing lion. Today's children will identify with the little lion's activities just as their parents did years ago. The everyday events in the life of a child, who in this case just happens to be a lion, will reassure and entertain the youngest readers. This is an "I Can Read" book, and the playful illustrations will encourage children to follow along with Johnny's adventures. In this book, Johnny is sad because it is raining and he cannot go out to play. He has a raincoat and a rain hat but Mother Lion points out that he does not have any boots. Mother Lion is too busy to amuse Johnny so he must find things to do inside the house. Johnny fills the afternoon with imaginative play. Finally, Father Lion comes home and brings Johnny a pair of bright red boots. Johnny Lion goes out to play and, despite his raincoat and hat, he gets soaking wet but his feet remain dry in his new red boots. 2000 (orig. 1972), HarperCollins, $14.95, $14.89 and $3.95. Ages 4 to 8. Reviewer: Carolyn Mott Ford


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