Adam Baron - Oscar's Lion (KS2 School Events)

Welcome award-winning author Adam Baron to your school, where he will introduce Oscar’s Lion, his critically acclaimed coming-of-age story about a boy spending his first weekend without his parents - and the lion who comes to babysit him.

Adam is the author of five successful novels for adults and five for children, including Carnegie-nominated Boy Underwater.

Extra Note: He now runs the widely respected MA in Creative Writing at Kingston University and he is happy to share a story planning worksheet with teachers after his visit!

Date - Thursday 10th October
Available time from... 9am, 11am & 2pm (times approximate)
KS2 Children - School years Year 3, 4, 5 & 6

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A magical coming-of-age story about a boy spending his first weekend without his parents and the lion who comes to babysit him.

Get ready to fall in love with this instant classic. ‘Beautiful, adventurous, powerful’ Phil Earle Oscar is a little terrified to find that a lion is going to be looking after him for the weekend.

But when the lion lets him eat as many biscuits as he wants, and reads him his favourite story ten times, Oscar realises he might be on to something good. Soon, Oscar discovers that the lion can change into different animals and the pair find themselves having all kinds of adventures! But before the lion has to go, might he have one more amazing transformation up his sleeve? Oscar’s Lion is an astonishing and deeply personal book from one of our greatest storytellers.