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In his delightful picture book, artist and author William Pene du Bois gives the reader heavenly insight into the intelligent design process for animals. All of du Bois’ creative ingenuity and delightful imagination, which are both a little different from the rest of us, are on display. Apparently, God lets some of His angels design animals for His eventual creation. This story is about the foreman who is in charge of all the angels who are making up names and designing animals to go with them. He started out as an animal designer but has only been a boss for a long time and so has lost his touch at design. One day, he gets a great new idea for an animal name – Lion! He draws a first draft of what he thinks the animal should look like. Fortunately, he accepts input from the other designers because he really has lost his touch! Through the author’s beautiful and fanciful illustrations, we see the morphing of this animal, its body and the sound it is supposed to make, as the angel designer responds to suggestions from his colleagues and to a final suggestion from the Chief Designer. Lion was a runner-up for the 1957 Caldecott Medal for best picture book of the year. It is marvelously light-hearted but at the same time has spiritual depth – how many award-winning picture books in modern times do you know that have anything to do with the Creator?