Clifton Bingham 21 min read

The Tiger, dissatisfied, cries 'Why should the Lion reign?' and calls a secret meeting, and so, in bouncing rhyme and bright pictures, the beasts of the jungle rise up against their king.

Clifton Bingham's 1910 picture-book, illustrated by G. H. Thompson, is a charming animal fantasy in verse for children. Playful, whimsical, delightfully illustrated. Read it for a cozy Edwardian storybook romp where the animals stage a comic revolt, told in genial rhyme for young readers.

In its time

Published in 1910, during the 1910s, lost worlds and interplanetary adventure.

Reading it

21 min read (a short story, a single idea, delivered and gone).

Illustrated by

G. H. Thompson