Little Lion : a long way home

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Title:

Little Lion : a long way home / Saroo Brierley with Larry Buttrose ; illustrations by Bruce Whatley.

Author/Creator:

Brierley, Saroo, author.

Publication:

[Docklands, Victoria] : Puffin Books, 2020.

Physical description:

40 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 25 x 30 cm.

Audience:

for children.

Format:

picture book

Notes:

"The inspiring true story behind the award-winning film Lion"--Cover.

Summary:

The extraordinary true story of survival is now a stunning picture book. Can you imagine being lost and not finding your way home again? Saroo Brierley became lost on a train in India when he was only five. He survived for weeks on the streets, before being taken into an orphanage and adopted by his Australian family. Despite being happy, Saroo always wondered about where he was from. And one day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for. This incredible true story celebrates the importance of hope and never giving up.

ISBN:

9780143795094 (hardback)

0143795090 (hardback)

Alternate Title:

Lion (Motion picture : 2016)

Other relationships:

Subjects:

Missing children -- India -- Juvenile literature.

Adopted children -- India -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Adopted children -- Family relationships -- Tasmania -- Juvenile literature.

Adopted children -- Family relationships -- India -- Juvenile literature.

Street children -- India -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Hope -- Juvenile literature.

Family reunions -- India -- Juvenile literature.

Parent and child -- India -- Juvenile literature.

Authors, Australian -- Tasmania -- 21st century.

Children's stories, Australian -- Tasmania -- 21st century.

Kolkata (India) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature

Tasmania -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Picture books.

Autobiographies.

Brierley, Saroo -- Juvenile literature.

Brierley, Saroo -- Family -- Juvenile literature.

Other Authors/Creators:

Buttrose, Larry, 1952- author.

Whatley, Bruce, illustrator.

Record ID:

SD_ILS:1351061

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Summary

The extraordinary true story of survival that became an international bestseller and was made into the award-winning film, Lion , starring Nicole Kidman and Dev Patel. Now a stunning picture book illustrated by award-winning illustrator Bruce Whatley.

Can you imagine being lost and not finding your way home again?

Saroo Brierley became lost on a train in India when he was only five. He survived for weeks on the streets, before being taken into an orphanage and adopted by his Australian family.

Despite being happy, Saroo always wondered about where he was from. And one day, after years of searching, he miraculously found what he was looking for.

This incredible true story celebrates the importance of hope and never giving up.