The Lion That Wasn’t, 1940’s Zinger, Oleg, FRONT cover ~Chinarose collection

This charmer is one of my most treasured childrens books featuring chows.  The pages are hard cardboard and each illustration is masterfully rendered with a sense of humor that shows the true essence of chow attitude and temperament.  

The Lion That Wasn’t, 1940’s Zinger, Oleg, BACK cover ~Chinarose collection

One of the inside pages. The Lion That Wasn’t, 1940’s Zinger, Oleg, ~Chinarose collection

One of the inside page from The Lion That Wasn’t, 1940’s Zinger, Oleg ~Chinarose collection