Going Home - Tapa dura

When Lion receives a postcard from a friend in Africa his homesickness is so deep that it's contagious, so he and four other animals escape the zoo and head for home.

Reg Cartwright is the illustrator of many books for children, including The Boat of Many Rooms, by J. Patrick Lewis, James and the Rain, by Karla Kuskin, and Peter and the Wolf retold by Selina Hastings. Going Home is Ann Cartwright's seventh book for children. Previously published titles include The Winter Hedgehog and In Search of the Last Dodo, both of which she wrote and illustrated with her husband, Reg Cartwright.