A Lion in Paris Illustrated by Cannaday Chapman Why I March documents and

Why I March documents and honors the movement

rhyming picture book romp about knowing when to GO

in the days leading up to Christmas

Having spent most of his life managing his servants—many of them prisoners from Rome’s military conquests—he decided to write a kind of owner’s manual for his friends and countrymen

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A Lion in Paris Illustrated by Cannaday Chapman Why I March documents andA Lion in Paris is widely regarded as the most accomplished book by multi award winning childrens author illustrator Beatrice Alemagna. It tells the story of a lion who, bored by his rural life in the savanna, seeks excitement and opportunity in the City of Light. Upon arriving in Paris, the lion is disappointed to find that despite his size, people barely pay attention to him, not even when he lets out a ferocious roar on the busy underground Mtro.