How does a very small girl hide a very large lion? It's not easy, but Iris has to do her best, because mums and dads can be funny about having a lion in the house. Luckily, there are lots of good places to hide a lion - behind the shower curtain, in your bed, and even up a tree. A funny, heart-warming story about a very special friendship.

Pat Cavendish spent her childhood, teenage years and early adulthood in a rarefied world of luxury. Her fairytale world was a fantasy of fabulous wealth. Later, twice married and divorced, it was Africa that changed her life. One day she was handed a wild lion cub, so small that it fitted into her hand. This was her beloved Tana.

Bristling with intelligence and shimmering with romance, this novel tests the boundary between history and myth. Patrick Lewis arrives in Toronto in the 1920s and earns his living searching for a vanished millionaire and tunneling beneath Lake Ontario. In the course of his adventures, Patrick's life intersects with those of characters who reappear in Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning The English Patient. 256 pp.

"A read-aloud bedtime tale that can help kids gain confidence in their own bravery." -- Kirkus Reviews Awards: 2021 International Book Award Finalist, 2021 Females of Fiction Award Finalist, 2021 Story Monsters Approved, 2021 Indies Today Semi-Finalist, LoveReadingUK Indie Books We Love, 2021 Readers Favorite. When Dennis is scared to sleep alone in his new room, he learns a special secret to conquer his fear: a brave lion in his heart. But Dennis is confused and curious: Where is the lion, if he can't see it? Will the lion be with him all the time and everywhere he goes? Does Mommy have a lion in her heart? Heartfelt storytelling paired with vibrant illustrations convey a valuable lesson for all children in this teacher and psychologist recommended picture book about courage. Makes a thoughtful holiday gift for children ages 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and up. Great for bedtime, confidence building, classroom discussions and improving children's reading skills.

Lizzy had a lion with a big, bad roar. And she kept him in the bedroom by the closet-cupboard door. The lion had a secret name.

After surviving the massacre of his unit during the long retreat to Dunkirk in the spring of 1940, a young British officer finds sanctuary from the Germans and escape from his responsibilities by assuming the identity of a French teacher, a female teacher. The same physical attributes that had been a handicap to Ian Wylie while serving King and Country allow him to carry out this subterfuge with shocking ease. This new life is not without its hazards as Ian, now living as Diane Lambert, is drawn back into a war he barely escaped when a charismatic Resistance leader enlist Diane's assistance in gathering intelligence on German activities. The Germans are not the only danger Diane faces, as the naïveté of her students threaten to compromise their efforts. Not even the Allied invasion in 1944 frees Diane from the hazards of war as the former officer must call upon long dormant skills to protect both the girls he had come to cherish and an identity better fit than the one he left behind.