Andy and the Lion
First edition | |
| Author | James Daugherty |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | James Daugherty |
| Cover artist | James Daugherty |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Picture book |
| Published | 1938 by The Viking Press |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 80 pp |
| Awards | Caldecott Honor Book, 1939 |
| ISBN | 978-0-6701-2433-6 |
| OCLC | 357682 |
| 813.52 | |
| LC Class | PZ8.2.D27 |
Andy and the Lion, written and illustrated by James Daugherty, is a 1938 picture book published by Puffin Books. Andy and the Lion was a Caldecott Medal Honor Book for 1939 and was Daugherty's first Caldecott Honor Medal of a total of two during his career. Daughetry won another Caldecott Honor in 1957 for Gillespie and the Guards, which he both authored and Illustrated. Andy and the Lion was re-issued by Viking Press in 1967 in hardcover format. It was the fifteenth printing of March 1967. A modern retelling of the Androcles And The Lion common folktale about a young boy who loves to read about lions.