A lion in the library ... that it’s not a real creature,” says New York Times best-selling author Michelle Knudsen. “He seems like — I think of him as ‘he’ and not ‘it ...

Library Lion, a 2006 Candlewick Press picture book written by Michelle Knudsen and illustrated by Kevin Hawkes, recently made its U.S. theatrical debut at the Boston Public Library. The musical is ...

Nearly 20 years ago, Michelle Knudsen was living in Ithaca and working at the Cornell Library when she wrote the picture book “Library Lion,” illustrated by Kevin Hawkes. The charming children ...

But when an emergency arises, this fantastic feline has to bend a few rules to save the day in "Library Lion," by Michelle Knudsen. Knudsen is also the author of "Fish and Frog,""Winter is for ...