“As the Creator and Executive Producer of Reading Rainbow, I only wish the series were still in production because The Cat & The Lion would have been chosen as a “feature book” for the series. Shaina Simmons tells a captivating, imaginative story with first class writing and Megan Broughton’s illustrations are richly drawn and compelling. I love this […]

The Cat and the Lion is a breathtakingly vivid story that places us right in the heart of New Orleans, with its musicality, the vibrant language and the colorful, gorgeous illustrations, rich with warm hues, and wistful strokes. The most striking part of the book to me was the glorious opportunity to see black characters […]