Hubert's Hair-Raising Adventure

First edition

Hubert's Hair-Raising Adventure is the first picture book published by author Bill Peet. It features a vain lion who loses his mane in a fire, and his adventures trying to get his hair to grow back quickly. It was published in 1959 by Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. Bill Peet wrote the book while he was still working as a storyboard artist at Walt Disney Studios.