Cover of Lions at Lunchtime
Time TravelClassic Fantasy

Lions at Lunchtime

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  • 1600 first published
  • 73 pages
  • ★ 4.4 (5 ratings)
  • 28 editions
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Published in 1600, Lions at Lunchtime is a time-travel fiction and classic fantasy novella by Mary Pope Osborne. The story is set in Africa and Afrika. Key subjects include magic, tree houses, animals and Zoology.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, and 20 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 28 editions across 5 languages.

At about 73 pages, most readers finish it in about an hour and a half.

About Lions at Lunchtime

The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to Africa where they meet up with wonderful wild animals, a very hungry warrior, and where they even solve a riddle.
Description from Open Library

Opening line

“Jack and Annie were walking home from the grocery store.”

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Magic
  • Tree houses
  • Animals
  • Zoology
  • Lions
  • Time travel
  • Lion
  • Magia
  • Casas en árboles
  • Ficción juvenil
  • Animales
  • Children's fiction
  • Africa
  • Kinderbuch ab 8 Jahren
  • Mädchen
  • Junge

Quick answers

Who wrote Lions at Lunchtime?

Lions at Lunchtime was written by Mary Pope Osborne and first published in 1600.

What genre is Lions at Lunchtime?

It is usually shelved as Time Travel and Classic Fantasy.

How long is Lions at Lunchtime?

The median edition has 73 pages, about about an hour and a half of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Lions at Lunchtime?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Invisible Man, The weird of the wanderer and The Story of the Amulet.

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