Jill & Lion

Description

Jill - heroine of the acclaimed Jill & Dragon - sets off on a new adventure and tries to help a new friend. She meets a very sad lion - a King of the Jungle robbed of his crown! Forced to drive a toy car around in endless circles, poor Lion is so unhappy that his tears have started to blur the words of the story. Jill gallantly intervenes only to land herself in the middle of a particularly dangerous page. But with Dog at her side, nothing is too difficult for Jill to conquer. Another charming story from rising illustration talent Lesley Barnes, Jill & Lion shows it's what's on the inside that counts.

Lesley Barnes is an illustrator and animator based in Glasgow. She has collaborated with the V&A in London; the Scottish band Belle & Sebastian; and Glamour and Stylist magazines.

`[Barnes] uses bold, geometric shapes and flat colours, like spot colours, to create patterns and subsequent forms that are both decorative and descriptive. The effect is like a display of Brocks fireworks, rockets, sparklers, Catherine-wheels, roman fountains, that sparkle, dazzle and explode.' - Peter Allen, Varoom; `Jill and Lion is the follow-up tale to the equally stylish and retro-styled Jill and Dragon and is another wonderfully immersive tale of friendship, illustrated in Barnes' characteristic super-colourful 70s style.' - BookTrust; `Reinventing her signature style with an element of the retro circus, Barnes has created a rather stunning follow-up to the Dragon tale, detailed and ornate on every page . . . Blurring the boundaries between the reader and the yarn this is a book that really captures the essence of storytelling, loyal friendship and bravery.' - Keira Brown, The Fountain