The Lion & the Mouse
Book - 2009
In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when he rescues the King of the Jungle.
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Publisher:
New York : Little, Brown and Co. Books for Young Readers, 2009
Edition:
1st ed
ISBN:
9780316013567
0316013560
0316013560
Characteristics:
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 x 29 cm
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Alternative Title:
Lion and the mouse
Opinion
From Library Staff
From Library Staff
Can a book without text help us learn to read? It can! In this vivid retelling of the Aesop fable, Jerry Pinkney's illustrations lead us into, and show us, the story. Story watchers, both children and caregivers, can talk about what's happening in the pictures as the mouse, running from an owl, f... Read More »
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Add a CommentBeautiful illustrations.
The Lion and the Mouse only has a few words, but the warm and bright watercolors upon pencil drawings accentuated the mouse and lion's expressions of fear, happiness and anger. This book also enables children to become active readers. The adult reader can assess a child's understanding of the few text ( jungle sounds) placed strategically in the story.
Amazing illustrations! Not surprising it won an award for them. Didn't need words in this beautifully retold story!
This is an absolutely stunning, wordless picture book. Pinkney retells Aesop's fable of the mouse remembering a debt to the lion. Words are used only as part of the background animal noises within watercolour paintings that show the teeming life of the Serengeti. Ages 3 - 7.
Fantastic illustratrion - wordless picture book with Classic story