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John Aloysius Farrell

The Lion’s Paw: The Return of a Great Children’s Book

October 01, 2008 11:14 AM ET | John Aloysius Farrell | Permanent Link | Print

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i read the lions paw back in the late forties early fifties and i never read the last two chapters to this day. I would like to read them soon. Please help. thank you

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Lion's Paw

I read the orignial of this book in the 1950s and spoke of it so often--and so fondly--that my son bought me a half-century-old paperback copy several years ago.

Unlike modern stories, it is not about mystical characters with magical powers. Instead, the characters are so vivid and realistic that you experience their every emotion; their pain, their excitement, their fear and determination.

Penny and her brother, Nick, are quite admirable figures. You will love them both. Ben, the older boy, is also loyal to his father, resourceful and brave. They are each thoroughly decent and filed with youthful excitement.

I've read the story to young boys and girls and have never been met with anything but rapt excitment and fascination. The book is simply wonderful. It is a story they will recall fondly for a lifetime.

If you have children, read it to them now, and a half-century from today, your children's own children may be searching for an old yellowed copy to give them--one from the early years of the 21st century.

I do hope the new edition has retained the exact spirit of the old.

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Thanks for the info on The Lion's Paw. I have a lion's paw scallop shell and love it. I'll get this for the grands to read - right after I read it.

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John Aloysius Farrell is a contributing editor at U.S. News & World Report. An award-winning Washington reporter, he has written for The Boston Globe and The Denver Post and is the author of Tip O’Neill and the Democratic Century and an upcoming biography of the great American defense attorney, Clarence Darrow.

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