Amir Diop’s first children’s book, “Lionel the lying lion,” is the kind of book he always wanted to read when he was a kid.
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The interactive book, “Lionel the lying lion,” allows young readers to both read and experience the story of Lionel, a mischievous lion cub who tells what he thinks are harmless fibs until he realizes that lying can lead to dire consequences. “So, when I found out about AR, that was like a no-brainer that it would be a good animating tool to help kids read.”
But Diop says he used any attempts by his classmates to belittle him as challenges: “I made myself use those things to actually build me up as a person and follow the path that I wanted to go towards. It’s actually what inspired me to paint my illustrations,” he says.
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