A young girl finds it easy to be brave when she has her lion by her side. But when a classmate points out that her lion is only in her imagination, the world feels a lot scarier . . . until the little girl tries a roar of her own.
Colter Jackson is the author-illustrator of the picture books The Rhino Suit and Elephants Make Fine Friends. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Epoch, Tin House and elsewhere. She lives in New York City.