The Lion Who Wouldn’t Try – Helping Promote Better Behaviour
In the Lion Who Wouldn’t Try is a story about trying, we see a story of a lion who is too afraid of failure to attempt anything. All the other animals are having fun, while the lion is moping around. He is too afraid of losing that he never ends up having any fun. This book is a perfect early reader, with lots of repetition and simple language, while teaching an important emotional lesson.
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Questions to ask Young Readers about The Lion Who Wouldn’t Try:
Why shouldn’t we be afraid of losing?
What happens if we don’t try new things?
Start a discussion about the benefits of trying new things, and how we can’t get good at stuff unless we practice, nearly everyone isn’t good the first time.
Text from The Lion Who Wouldn’t Try – A story about trying
It was a sunny day in the jungle. All the animals were out playing.
“Come play with me, Lion,” said Cheetah. “Catch me if you can!”
zoom-zoom! went Cheetah.
“I don’t want to play,” said Lion. “I’ll lose.”
“Come play with me, Lion,” said Elephant. “We can throw rocks!”
ka-pow! ka-pow! went Elephant.
“I don’t want to play,” said Lion. “I’ll lose.”
“Come play with us, Lion!” said the monkeys. “Who can eat the most bananas?”
pop! pop! pop! went the monkeys.
“I don’t want to play,” said Lion. “I’ll lose.”
“Come play with me, Lion,” said Springbok. “Let’s jump high!”
zoop! zoop! zoop! went Springbok.
“I don’t want to play,” said Lion. “I’ll lose.”
“Come play with me, Lion,” said Crocodile. “It’s a swimming competition!”
splash! splash! went Crocodile.
“I don’t want to play,” said Lion. “I’ll lose.”
Elephant and Crocodile had the swimming competition without Lion.
Crocodile was quicker than Elephant, but each time Crocodile got ahead, Elephant tickled him!
tee-hee-hee! went Elephant and Crocodile.
Lion sat sadly by himself, watching Crocodile and Elephant swim.
“Why are you sad, Lion?” asked Mouse.
“Because I don’t want to play,” said Lion. “I’ll lose.”
Lion slipped on a banana peel!
wheeeeee! went Lion.
“That looks like fun!” said all the other animals.
Lion played,
and he was happy.
<End of Text from The Lion who Wouldn’t Try>
If you want to read along to this book, see the following video:
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I help Chinese students (aged 5-7) read online. This book is good for vocabulary – animals – and doesn’t have too many words. The students enjoyed reading it
I want to teach my 5 year old to read
You are in the right place, I find for learning to read our “toddlers” category is the best place for starting, they are all simple books which are good for reading to a toddler or by a child learning to read – select this option in the tabs at the top of the page.
I like this book lol I like the pictures
the book was awesome
I like this booka because l learn english , there is easy sentence. The sentences are repeat which is nice to learn.
I asked my 5 years old if he liked reading the book and he said : Yes, because it was a nice book and the lion slipped over the banana peel which was really funny and nice.
The lion in this book is so funny! Ha!
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Because it is a great book, i love all the animals they are so cute! my favorite animal is all of them! They are awesome !
Its good if we are starting animal theme.Its good for language development.The key learning of this story is how play make us happy.
yes. me and my daughter had some questions and answer portion 🙂 thank you so much
My doughter liked this book very much. Because she loves lions 🙂
My son really liked this book. Thanks for posting!
Good book
Yes I liked the book
Kids can learn words of animinals.
wonderful stories
I liked the book, because the Lion had fun at the end of the story.
i wante to learn and speack english very good
you’re in the right place, we have books for all levels it will help your english – see the sort at the top for reading levels by age (toddlers, children, older children, young adult)
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I really liked this story. help me practice my writing.
Great read – good lesson. simple pictures, helpful, repetitive language.
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