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    The Lion and the Mouse
    The Lion and the Mouse
    The Lion and the Mouse
    Audiobook9 minutes

    The Lion and the Mouse

    Written by Jerry Pinkney

    Narrated by Uncredited

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    About this audiobook

    In this wordless adaptation of one of Aesop’s most beloved fables, an unlikely pair learn that no act of kindness is ever wasted. With vivid depictions of the landscape of the African Serengeti, Pinkney makes this a truly special retelling.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWeston Woods
    Release dateJan 1, 2010
    ISBN9780545970235
    The Lion and the Mouse
    Author

    Jerry Pinkney

    Jerry Pinkney (1939-2021) was the author and illustrator of more than one hundred books for young readers, including The Lion and the Mouse, for which he earned the Caldecott Medal. He also received five Caldecott Honors, six Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards, four Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honors, five New York Times Best Illustrated Book awards, the Children’s Literature Legacy Award for Lifetime Achievement, an induction into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame, and an appointment to the National Council on the Arts by President George W. Bush in 2003. The first children’s book artist elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Pinkney retold such fairy tales as The Little Mermaid, Aesop’s Fables, and Little Red Riding Hood, and he illustrated many stories celebrating Black culture including Patricia C. McKissack’s Mirandy and Brother Wind, Julius Lester’s John Henry, and Richard Jackson’s In Plain Sight.

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    • 5/5
      A beautifully illustrated folktale about a relationship between a lion and a mouse. A mouse saves a lion's life as repayment for the lion sparing his own.
    • 5/5
      Gorgeous, gorgeous artwork. Wordless retelling of one of my favorite of Aesop's fables.
    • 5/5
      Jerry Pinkney's illustrations beautifully tell this classic fable. He's due for a Caldecott.
    • 3/5
      A lion lets a mouse go free, and the mouse tells the lion that he owes him one. The lion cannot believe that a mouse could be of any help to him, until he gets caught in a net by hunters. The mouse chews away at the net and sets the lion free.The book would be good to discuss the exchange of good deeds.
    • 5/5
      Jerry Pinkney's wordless telling of the fable The Lion & the Mouse gives a glimpse into the gorgeous landscape of the African Serengeti. The reader is allowed the opportunity to narrate the classic and oft-heard story for herself, with the guidance of clear, realistic, and vibrant pencil and watercolor illustrations. The onomatopoeia scattered throughout the book adds to the reader's perception of the setting. The overall effect is visually stunning and thematically satisfying. This book transcends age limits and is a great read for all. A fun project might be to introduce the fable of The Lion & the Mouse and then read Pinkney's wordless version. Students could then take other fables and attempt to tell the story using only pictures. In general, it would be a wonderful story to introduce during a unit on fables or during an illustrator study.
    • 5/5
      Gorgeous, gorgeous artwork. Wordless retelling of one of my favorite of Aesop's fables.
    • 5/5
      4Q, 4P: Classic story in a unique wordless format with beautiful illustrations.
    • 4/5
      It's easy to see why this wordless rendition of one of Aesop's fables won the caldecott!
    • 5/5
      This is an amazing visual story. Limited words, mainly a picture book but the story line is very clear. It teaches a classic lesson of not hurting others and repaying kindness.
    • 5/5
      Beautiful illustrations
    • 4/5
      Absolutely stunning art but I'm not a fan of this particular fable. That art though!
    • 5/5
      The Lion and the Mouse, is a beautifully illustrated book based on one of Aesop's classic stories. Because this book tells a story through pictures rather then words, students can write their own story based on the illustrations in the book. Then students can share some of their stories, and why they decided to tell the story the way that they did. At the end of the lesson, the teacher can lead a discussion on the message of the book teach students the importance of kindness and helping out others.
    • 5/5
      This is a wordless picture book that follows a small animal doing a very brave thing. The lion has let go of the mouse and the next day the mouse finds the lion caught up in a trap. Instead of leaving the lion, the mouse chews through the ropes and frees the lion. The message of the book is so beautiful and I think students of all ages would really enjoy this book.
    • 4/5
      no writing so you and kid can tell story. beautiful pictures.
    • 5/5
      I love this wordless picture book. I have seen this book used for a literature response lesson in a first grade classroom. The pictures are beautiful and very detailed.
    • 5/5
      Beautiful wordless (mostly) book!
    • 5/5
      I really like this book because it is an old story that we have seen before. I like Jerry Pinkey's telling of it though because you can feel the sense of family that he puts between the mouse and the lion. I think that it is important for children to see that just because you look different does not mean that you can not like and care about one another. I think this is a super important lesson to provide to students and I would love to use this book in my future classroom.
    • 5/5
      SummaryThis book of the Lion and the Mouse has no words other than a few animal noises but the beautifully illustrated pictures tell the story. Instead of having a meal, the lion spares the mouse's life and in return the mouse comes to the lions rescue when he is caught in a rope trap hanging helpless in the trees. This classic fable tells of no matter your size, helping other goes a long ways.Personal ReactionI love how each time you open this book another version of kindness is told through this wordless picture bookClassroom Extension ideasLesson on acts of kindnessPoaching animals is wrongHelping others even when it's difficult
    • 4/5
      I love this wordless take on the classic fable because it illustrations the power of expression and its ability to tell a story even without text. Moreover, I keep this book on my classroom library shelf, and I love to pull it out when my class talks about helping others and how important it is to try even if you don't feel big/smart enough for the required task.
    • 5/5
      I would recommend for grades pre-k to 3. This book is pictures only. You have to use your imagination about what is going on. The illustrations which is done in watercolor points you in the direction of the story, but in some areas are at the reader's discretion.
    • 5/5
      This is a wordless adaptation of Aesop's fable about the lion and the mouse. The illustrations are absolutely stunning and gorgeous and definitely deserving of the Caldecott medal it was awarded. One could have children tell you the story and then read the original fable to see how well the two line up with each other. Slightly older readers with basic writing skills could even write a story to accompany the illustrations.
    • 2/5
      I think that I got a bit carried away in buying this. I must have seen it somewhere years ago and been impressed with the art work. But now that I have a copy (purchased on-line so I didn't get to re-evaluate), I can see that the art work is less than I had imagined. It's not that the drawings or perspectives etc are poor ...it is just in the rather heavy handed way the water colour has been overlaid. It looks a bit of a rush job. Like the artist hasn't taken the time to layer the work or to blend the various layers smoothly. Maybe this is the effect he was aiming at...but it is not to my taste. The pictures are fine if reduced ...and maybe this was the original intention. But at the scale they are presented in the book, the layers are overly obvious. The story is interestingly presented. No dialogue just a few "sound" words like "squeek"and "grrr" but it is very easy to follow the story....all except for the last bit where the mouse takes home a bit of rope for her brood to chew on. (At least that's what it looks like, but I was thinking the lion might have been gracious enough to give the mouse a left over bone or something a bit more nutritious than a piece of knotted rope).So rather mixed feelings. I bought it for the illustrations. The drawings are good....with the pencil lines still showing ........ but the water colour application leaves something to be desired in my view. Two stars from me.
    • 4/5
      This is simply the wordless retelling of the Lion and the Mouse folk tale. The graphics are bright and detailed and realistic but with a fantastic feel to them that would make anyone stop and stare. Not exactly my favorite style, but I can definitely 100% appreciate it for what it did and how it told the story. In the classroom I think this could be a neat book for a unit on folktales or about animals also.
    • 4/5
      The book, The Lion & The Mouse, a mouse is chased by a lion and ends up hiding on the back of a lion. The lion finds the mouse but the lion graciously releases the mouse. Then, the lion gets caught in a trap that was set up by hunters. The mouse sees the lion and helps him escape by chewing through the rope. At the end of the story the mouse and lions family are spending time together. The book is a great story because, even though there are little to no worries the message is extremely clear. It teaches children that they must work together and learn to help others even if they seem to be an unlikely companion. Children realize that mice and lions are not typically friends so this book shows that just because you don't think someone will be your friend doesn't mean that they won't be. An extension of the book could be for other animals in their environment to see that the mouse and the lion are friends and many other unexpected animals could become friends as well. Another extension could be that someone else in the lion and the mouse's family was in a bad situation and they helped them out and how they had set a positive example for their family.
    • 5/5
      This book teaches children about the value of friendship. The lion could have easily killed the mouse because he is the king of the animal jungle, however he chose to spare the mouse's life. Poachers trap the lion in a net and the mouse chews the net and sets him free, thanking him for sparing his life earlier. These two have a very unlikely friendship, yet they show children that they should always do acts of kindness, because you never know when you will need someone else to do an act of kindness for you.
    • 5/5
      The Lion & the Mouse is a classic tale about a Lion who saves a mouse's life instead of eatting him. When the lion finds himself in trouble, the mouse remembers what the Lion did for him and decides to pay him a kind favor as well. This book is unique because it is told through the illustrations only, therefore I would recommend this book to children ages 3 and older.
    • 4/5
      I found this watercolor interpretation of the Lion and the Mouse fable reassuring and sweet. The jungle sounds of the Serengenti encourage adults to engage children with the story, and the expressions on the faces of the mouse and lion as they struggle and make their escapes are comical and touching. AG 5/27/10
    • 5/5
      Beautifully illustrated depiction of the classic tale of the lion and the mouse. Wordless and well done.
    • 5/5
      I have lived in a culture where fables are an important part of me as a child and an adult. Aesop’s Fables are my favorite. Not only because the animal stories have been told as oral traditions of folktales in my home country, Indonesia, but also Aesop’s Fables allow me to find, see, and learn fables from different perspectives, characterizations, variety of the stories, and messages beyond the story. One story I could recall from my childhood is The Lion and The Mousedeer that portrays the unkind lion. The lion always preys on smaller and weaker animals. However, “The Lion and The Mouse” by Jerry Pinkney has appealed to me to appreciate these two animals who are equally kind and caring. Wordless picture books are perfect presentations for this encouraging and beautiful story. This allows readers create their imagination in visual and narrative terms. Images speak more to children, and of course they have no limit to celebrate the wildness of the jungle, including the joyful of respect one another. The illustration is a fantastic work of art. The author uses pencil, watercolor, and colored pencils on paper. The texture of the image is detailed and lively so it invites readers’ imagination into the plot and setting of the story. With hand-lettered type, the sounds of animals living in the jungle merge with the nature. It is a must-have book for me and anyone who loves fables.
    • 5/5
      The Lion and the Mouse is a wordless picture book and Caldecott winner. The mouse first escaes from an owl only to be captured by a lion. Of course the reader assumes the lion is going to eat the mouse, but instead he lets him go. Just after that, we see men with nets come in and set a trap. The lion steps into the trap and is caught. The mouse hears the lion's roar and comes to investigate. The little mouse sees the trap and sets to work chewing the ropes. The rope breaks and the lion is free. The little mouse returns home to its babies with food.I had to read this about ten times in one day before my kids finally let me quit. It had such great illustrations though that I actually enjoyed it.As a class I would have the students help write out the words to the story.