1.
two children
2.
Maisha the Lioness
3.
ownerless land
4.
An unexpected path
5.
Under the Acacia Hill
6.
Worse than a tsetse fly
7.
Finally rain
8.
Romani Namayani
9.
Shuja's Law
10.
The fate of the investigator
11.
A story I found out late
12.
When asking for directions
13.
A group of crocodiles
14.
The Hunter's Work
15.
Master of the Black Land

Author's Note

“Our adventure is just beginning!”
- The second installment of "Blue Lion Wanini," featuring the adventures of Wanini and his friends.

Author Lee Hyeon's full-length children's story, "The Blue Lion Wanini," has received much love and support from young readers since its publication in 2015.
The adventures of lions, set in the vast African savannah, away from the everyday spaces of home and school, have been praised for providing children with a sense of liberation and broadening the scope of our children's literature.
The sequel, "Blue Lion Wanini 2 - Master of the Black Land," depicts the process of Wanini and his friends forming a group and finding their own territory.


The Wanini herd grows each day as they endure trials such as enduring dry seasons and avoiding great fires started by humans.
Along the way, Maisha, a lioness who lost her mother to humans, and Barabara, a timid and shy lioness, join the group.
The sight of them not giving up even in difficult situations and doing their best to become a proud member of the pride of lions in the grasslands shows the unwavering power of hope that overcomes despair.
For this work, author Lee Hyeon personally traveled to Africa and covered the Serengeti National Park, creating an even more vivid and captivating story.
Just as the herd of crocodiles bravely venture out into the vast grasslands in search of their own territory, young readers of "Blue Lion Cranberry 2" will also gain the courage to set out in search of their own hopes and grow further.

“It is up to us to choose how we live.
“That is the real king of the prairie.”
- Life wisdom learned through the lives of African animals

The adventures of the Wanini group contain a weighty message.
It is quite touching to see the cranium group grow by learning the wisdom of the grasslands through countless failures, such as hunting failures and losing members of the group.
The process by which Maisha, a young lion who lost her mother to greedy humans, gradually comes to terms with her death evokes deep sorrow.
Young readers will cheer for and be cheered on by the fearful and timid Barabara, son of the vicious detective Mutu, as he embarks on his own adventure.


There are many things to think about carefully.
Wanini takes a baby giraffe as a hostage to find the whereabouts of the young lion Maisha, and also threatens an ostrich that is making love to her.
It is worth considering whether Wanini's choice was natural as a leader or a violation of the laws of the grassland.
A group of crocodile herds wander the grasslands in insignificant condition until they are given a place to sleep and food by the consideration of the lioness Shuja.
However, Shuja instigates discord among the Wanini group in order to bring the investigator Jambo into their group.
It is a question of whether Shuja's actions are natural for a lioness or deceptive actions to deceive her opponent.
And the scene where a man who almost lost his life to a lion realizes that he is nothing more than prey in front of the beast makes us think seriously about the relationship between humans and animals.


In this way, the interesting adventures of the Wanini group contain a weighty message and a thought-provoking passage.
As this is a story about animals living in the African savanna, not humans, young readers will be able to develop their thinking skills and establish sound values ​​through the process of thinking while maintaining a comfortable distance.

A fairy tale born from the passionate support of young readers

"Blue Lion Wanini" is being selected as a target book for the "One Book Per Semester" class in the Korean language curriculum in many elementary schools.
The main reasons for its selection were that it provides a refreshing sense of liberation and lively energy as a story that unfolds in the African savanna rather than an everyday space, that it allows us to examine the lives of humans in light of how many animals, including lions, live in the savanna, and, above all, that it contains content that is in line with the purpose of 'Reading One Book a Semester' to provide children with various pleasures of reading books, such as the exciting process of Wanini and his friends growing through adventures.


This assessment also holds true for the sequel.
It makes young readers think about how to empathize with the story of a group of crocodile who have struggled to survive through various hardships, now running across the African savanna to claim their own territory, and how to view the relationship between animals and humans through the frequent encounters between the two.
The brisk sentences, like a lion running across the plains, and the refreshing stories, like the wind, provide the pleasure of reading.
As author Lee Hyeon wrote a sequel thanks to the passionate support of readers, 『Blue Lion Wanini 2』 will be a welcome gift to young readers.


“This book was written with young readers in mind.
Without their support, the small, weak lioness Wanini would never have become a proper leader and roared in the black land.
Thank you, young readers, for being Wanini's friends!
_Author's Note”