The lion & the mouse

Jerry Pinkney First published 2009

About this book

In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable set in the African Serengeti, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when she rescues the King of the Jungle.

Subjects

  • age:max:5
  • age:min:2
  • animal love
  • animals
  • award:caldecott_award
  • caldecott medal
  • children's fiction
  • collectionid:caldecott10
  • cooperation
  • environment
  • fables
  • folklore
  • juvenile fiction
  • juvenile literature
  • legends, myths, fables
  • lion
  • lions
  • mice
  • nature & the natural world
  • new york times bestseller
  • new york times reviewed
  • nyt:picture-books=2009-09-20
  • pictorial works
  • picture books
  • stories without words
  • tales