(Bilingual English-Spanish edition / Edicion bilingue ingles-espanol) When a good-natured lion, king of all the animals, sees his reflection in a pool of water for the first time, he gasps at the fierce creature staring back at him and is too frightened to drink - until, finally, he overcomes his fear. Children learn through the lion how to deal positively with the fears and inhibitions that so often arise from situations they may not yet understand. Originally told by the 13th-century Sufi poet Jalaluddin Rumi, The Lion Who Saw Himself in the Water is one of a series of teaching stories that were collected by Idries Shah and that have been used in the East for hundreds of years as educational instruments to help children understand life. Ingrid Rodriguez’s beautiful illustrations bring this children’s version to life with warmth, humor and a distinctive richness of detail.

Cuando un leon bondadoso, rey de todos los animales, ve su reflejo en un charco de agua por primera vez, jadea con miedo ante la fiera criatura que lo mira fijamente, y esta demasiado asustado para beber, hasta que, finalmente, supera su temor. Los ninos aprenden a traves del leon como lidiar positivamente con los miedos e inhibiciones que tan a menudo surgen de situaciones que tal vez aun no comprendan. Originalmente contada por el poeta sufi del siglo XIII Jalaluddin Rumi, El leon que se vio en el agua es una de la serie de historias de ensenanza que fueron recopiladas por Idries Shah y que se han utilizado en Oriente durante cientos de anos como instrumentos educativos para ayudar a los ninos a comprender la vida. Las hermosas ilustraciones de Ingrid Rodriguez dan vida a esta version infantil con calidez, humor y una distintiva riqueza de detalles.