This is a story about Wanini, a young lion who is kicked out from her pack because she is useless. This story will make readers think about the meaning of friends and neighbors.

The main character of this story, Wanini, is a one-year-old lion. She is small and not good at hunting and this kicks her out of her pack. Lonely Wanini is ignored by monkeys and birds and chased by cheetahs. She comes very close to being shot by hunters, and even her journey to find a rainy place fails. Every single day is continued adventure and danger. This book captures Wanini's journey to become a full-grown lion in a realistic way. Wanini the Green Lioness features not only lions but many animals, such as black boars, hyenas, gnu, buffalo, baboons, and hippos, who all have their own ways of living their lives. The author lively shows the lives of these various different animals along with the peaceful Serengeti, where those animals live in harmony. Wanini the Green Lionesscaptures the unfamiliar and wonderful African meadow, and it will make its readers admire this new world.

Yi Hyeon

Lee Hyeon (F) was born in Ganggyeong, South Chungcheong Province, and she studied Nursing and Children’s Literature in college. She currently works as head nurse at an oriental hospital and holds lectures about children’s literature at a college.
She won the Litetary Award by Children’s Literature magazine and Jupyeong Children Play Award. Books she has written include My Will, I Have a secret, The Best Present Mom Received and I Am a Wolf. She also works as a lecturer on Korea, global citizenship training, picture books and humanities, and continues to see, read, listen and think to enlarge her imagination for writing.

Oh Yoon-wha

Oh Yoonwha, the illustrator of this book, studied illustration at the Kkokdu Illustration Institution and has been drawing pictures that are enjoyable for both adults and children. Books with illustrations done by Oh Yoonwha include The Whale Paccino, Must Go, Cock-a-Doodle, The Night of the Crying Ghost-Bird, A Perfect Family, Swallow in a Bite, Magic Rice Cake, The Complaint Confession, and The Day When Mom Hit Me with a Broomstick.