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The Lion and the Mouse. Jerry Pinkney
In award-winning artist Jerry Pinkney's wordless adaptation of one of Aesop's most beloved fables, an unlikely pair learn that no act of kindness is ever wasted. After a ferocious lion spares a cowering mouse that he'd planned to eat, the mouse later comes to his rescue, freeing him from a poacher's trap. With vivid depictions of the landscape of the African Serengeti and...more
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Published
October 1st 2011
by Walker & Company
(first published September 1st 2009)
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Sep 20, 2009
Abigail
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Jerry Pinkney Fans / Anyone Looking for Wordless Picture-Books
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This Caldecott award winning picture book is simply perfection. The lavish, bright and arresting illustrations that tell a beloved Aesop fable about a merciful lion enthrall the reader immediately. I loved how Pinkney used just sounds to add a touch of fun and action to the story. This is a must have for your picture book collection. This book is a wonderful illustration of how the humblest of us can make a difference, even to the most powerful.
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The lack of words in this book makes the illustrations extremely important in telling the story. The illustrator uses water colors with great detail with every animal and the setting. The color scheme has very natural tones in order to enhance the setting of the savannah that the lion and the mouse live in. On some of the pages the illustrator leaves a blank background in order to focus on the animal. By doing this, as a reader, you really see the emotion of the lion in the situation. The book i...more
I have never read this book before, but after reading this in the library, it became another one of my favorite children's books. It is an actual picture book without any words, which made me enjoy it even more because it made me really concentrate on the photos instead of the text. It also made me really think about what the storyline behind this was, which has never happened before. After finishing the book, I realized that the storyline behind this book was about a mouse who takes refuge on a...more
There are many versions of The Lion and the Mouse out there but I have to say that this is my absolute favorite. It is a wordless picture book, which means that the story is completely told through the pictures, not through words. Wordless pictures books are a great tool to use in the classroom. They can be used with younger students who do not yet know how to read on their own. They can start to gain the foundational concepts of print skill as well as general literacy skills like comprehension...more
Feb 22, 2013
Vanessa Kirk
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
children-s-lit-2013
Audience: The audience for this book would definitely be young children. Kindergarten through first grade would love looking at this book. It is an all picture book, so younger children can make up the story by looking at the pictures.
Appeal: "The Lion and the Mouse" would definitely best appeal to younger kids. I would say probably ages 3-7 would love this book because it has all pictures. There are some words in it as far as animal noises go, but the story is written through pictures. The kid...more
Appeal: "The Lion and the Mouse" would definitely best appeal to younger kids. I would say probably ages 3-7 would love this book because it has all pictures. There are some words in it as far as animal noises go, but the story is written through pictures. The kid...more
Audience: This would be good for both boys and girls. The grade level this book is appropriate for would be a little bit of a wide range because preK through 1st or 2nd could use this book for looking at the picture and figuring out the plot. The upper primary grades could use this book for looking at the connection to the fable.
Appeal: This book would appeal to many ages because the content would be great for younger kids who are just learning to read and to recognize the sounds animals make. F...more
Appeal: This book would appeal to many ages because the content would be great for younger kids who are just learning to read and to recognize the sounds animals make. F...more
Audience: This book would be great for 1st-5th grade students. The pictures in the book are very appealing to younger students. As for the older students I think the story of how the meek can triumph the mighty would be helpful in moral stature understanding for the students.
Appeal: Like I wrote above the younger students would love the art and could learn what sounds animals make through the few words used. As for the older students like I wrote above the moral of the story and the understandin...more
Feb 17, 2013
Catherine
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
childrens-lit-2013
Audience: This book appeals mainly to the kindergarten students, because there are little words and great pictures. Students at this age can tell the story through depiction of the pictures, and use their thinking strategies to see what is happening and what may happen. The story also shows the acts of kindness, and that is a positive lesson for students at this age to be learning because they are still learning the appropriate ways to act.
Appeal: This story has great visuals to guide young stud...more
Appeal: This story has great visuals to guide young stud...more
Feb 07, 2013
Kay Ray
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
classic-picture-book
The lion and the mouse by Jerry Pinkney is a wordless book, but the illustrations are great so you can really flip through the pages and discover what exactly is happening. A lot of people know stories about lion and the mouse even from movies like the lion king. This book basically is a story about how a mouse comes across a big scary animal such as a lion. The lion could of ate the mouse but he didn't and instead let the mouse go. Next the lion gets trapped by humans, but thank goodness for th...more
Feb 07, 2013
Kym Winchester
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
children-s-lit-2013
Audience: The audience for the book is primary elementary grades. Based on few words but incredible artwork, this book would be enjoyed by kindergarten. Yet it is also excellent up to 3rd grade based on the intricate drawings, facial expressions, and inferring older children could do for this story.
Appeal: I think this book would appeal to K-3rd grade based on the family type feel of the story-the lion let the mouse go, in turn, the mouse saves the lion. The drawings create almost a sense of fa...more
Appeal: I think this book would appeal to K-3rd grade based on the family type feel of the story-the lion let the mouse go, in turn, the mouse saves the lion. The drawings create almost a sense of fa...more
Feb 04, 2013
Shyann Stromquist
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
children-s-lit
Audience- The audience for this book would be for both males and females, I don’t think it is gender specific. It would be a great book for reluctant readers, especially animal lovers. I also believe that this book would be good for grades K-3. The younger students can easily depict the meaning of the story from the pictures and the few words that are in the book are easy words to sound out for beginning readers. The older students would be able to find the moral of the story easily through the...more
Jan 31, 2013
Leslie Bardo
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
wordless-picture-book
This book entitled “The Lion and the Mouse” is based off of an old fable by Aesop. The storyline is about a little mother mouse who accidently runs across a big, ferocious lion. Instead of deciding to eat the mouse, the lion chooses to release the grateful, albeit stunned, mouse. Later on, the lion is caught by poachers and the mouse can hear his cries. She decides to fearlessly help the lion escape the net he’s been caught in. After she helps the lion, she returns home to her den of mice with a...more
A couple of months ago, there was a display at the library of biographical works about various illustrators. Jerry Pinkney was one featured, and I'd never heard of him before, so we went to the "ILLUST" section and picked up this book. My children love the beautiful illustrations and the stories that we tell based on them. Usually I find illustration-only books to be more pressure than I want (you know, to tell the story in my own words rather than just reading what's on the page), but I found i...more
Aesop’s fable about one of the smallest, weakest creatures helping one of the mightiest is given the lush treatment in this nearly wordless recreation by Jerry Pinkney. Mr. Pinkney is skilled enough to let images do the talking. Even the front cover has no wording on it—simply images of the two main characters staring at one another across the spine.
The African savannah comes alive in vivid watercolor as we see lions, zebras, giraffes, ostriches, gnus, elephants, screech owls, frogs, insects and...more
The African savannah comes alive in vivid watercolor as we see lions, zebras, giraffes, ostriches, gnus, elephants, screech owls, frogs, insects and...more
Reading Level – Early elementary
Genre: Wordless Picture Book, Traditional Literature (fable)
Main Characters: a young girl and her father
Setting: at the family’s house in the young girl’s bedroom
POV: could be interpreted as the story is told in the readers point of view, but also of the characters or illustrations of the story themselves that do
2010 Caldecott Medal Winner based on one of the many timeless Aesop’s fables, “The Lion and the Mouse” is a stunning portrayal of the classic tale that...more
Genre: Wordless Picture Book, Traditional Literature (fable)
Main Characters: a young girl and her father
Setting: at the family’s house in the young girl’s bedroom
POV: could be interpreted as the story is told in the readers point of view, but also of the characters or illustrations of the story themselves that do
2010 Caldecott Medal Winner based on one of the many timeless Aesop’s fables, “The Lion and the Mouse” is a stunning portrayal of the classic tale that...more
Dec 03, 2012
Christina Basso
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
animal-tale,
children,
expository,
fantasy,
narrative,
picture-books,
wordless,
traditional-tales,
fiction,
jerry-pinkney
This book is a wordless book based on a classic story of The Lion and the Mouse written and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Since it is a wordless book, most of the book is inferring through the pictures. In this story there is a little mouse that is prancing through the jungle passing different animal along the way and then not knowingly running on top of the king of jungle’s back, the lion. The lion grabbed the mouse and told him how dare you wake me I am the king. The mouse begged for the lion...more
This book also has an interesting trait at the end as it has the moral of the story on the very last page, this takes the guess work out of it for kids when it comes to what they should be learning from the book. Though the moral that it is trying to deliver is one that I feel is of great importance. I believe that this book is one that is good for kids ages K-3rd as this is when kids are starting to develop their peer groups and you never know when each person’s individual skills are going to c...more
"The Lion & the Mouse" is a folklore picture book by Jerry Pinkney. It is intended for children from ages 4 to 8 years or primary readers (P). This book is a Caldecott Medal winner and an all around great read. "The Lion & the Mouse" is the classic fable by Aesop, retold of course by Pinkney and beautifully illustrated. In the tale, the lion plans on eating the mouse but reconsiders. After their encounter the lion is caught in a trap and the mouse of course comes to his aide. I found thi...more
Grade/interest level: PreK-2nd
Reading level: N/A
Genre: Folk tale
Main Characters: Lion and Mouse
Setting: Jungle
POV: N/A
Summary: The lion and the Mouse is a wordless book and its pictures speak volumes to tell the story. This story is about a little mouse who accidently stumbles on a mighty lion. The lion has the choice of killing the mouse or letting it ago. The lion chooses to let the mouse free. Hunters soon enter the jungle and sets a trap. The lion walked into the trap and the mouse seen tha...more
Reading level: N/A
Genre: Folk tale
Main Characters: Lion and Mouse
Setting: Jungle
POV: N/A
Summary: The lion and the Mouse is a wordless book and its pictures speak volumes to tell the story. This story is about a little mouse who accidently stumbles on a mighty lion. The lion has the choice of killing the mouse or letting it ago. The lion chooses to let the mouse free. Hunters soon enter the jungle and sets a trap. The lion walked into the trap and the mouse seen tha...more
This book won the Caldecott Award in 2010 because of its detailed and vibrant illustrations that largely tell the entire story in this nearly wordless book. It is about the traditional tale of the lion and the mouse in which a mouse stumbles across a lion without knowing. The lion catches the mouse and has the opportunity to eat it. Instead, the lion deciders to be kind and let the little mouse go. The lion returns to his day and the mouse hoes home to it's mouse family. Humans appear in the boo...more
Title: The Lion and the Mouse
Grade/interest level: Primary (k-2rd grade)
Reading level: n/a
Genre: Picture book, Modern Fantasy/Science Fiction
Award: Caldecott Award
Main Characters: The lion and the mouse
Setting: The jungle
POV: Narrative
This book only contains illustrations and a few sounds that the animals make in the jungle. It is an Aesop’s fable, about a mouse who accidentally disturbs a lion from his rest. The lion decides to release his prey and the mouse becomes in debt with the lion. As th...more
Grade/interest level: Primary (k-2rd grade)
Reading level: n/a
Genre: Picture book, Modern Fantasy/Science Fiction
Award: Caldecott Award
Main Characters: The lion and the mouse
Setting: The jungle
POV: Narrative
This book only contains illustrations and a few sounds that the animals make in the jungle. It is an Aesop’s fable, about a mouse who accidentally disturbs a lion from his rest. The lion decides to release his prey and the mouse becomes in debt with the lion. As th...more
Grade/interest level: Early Childhood
Reading level: N/A
Genre: Traditional Literature
Main Characters: Lion, Mouse
Setting: Forest
POV: N/A
I love love love this book! The book is a wordless picture book and tells the story of The Lion and the Mouse, one of Aesop's fables. The illustrations are superb. The story is about a lion who catches a mouse. He goes to eat the little critter but shows compassion and lets the little guy go. Later on, the lion gets trapped in a net. The little mouse comes to...more
Reading level: N/A
Genre: Traditional Literature
Main Characters: Lion, Mouse
Setting: Forest
POV: N/A
I love love love this book! The book is a wordless picture book and tells the story of The Lion and the Mouse, one of Aesop's fables. The illustrations are superb. The story is about a lion who catches a mouse. He goes to eat the little critter but shows compassion and lets the little guy go. Later on, the lion gets trapped in a net. The little mouse comes to...more
Genre-childrens book-wordless
This book is about a lion and a mouse that discover their friendship ends up being treasured more than they though. The lion spares the mouses life after escaping from a hungry owl, while later on the lion is saved by the mouse when he gets trapped. The lion and the mouse display a true friendship with kindness that goes a long way.
A. Area of comment- illustrations
B. The illustrations are the most important because it is the only visual the reader has to tell the str...more
This book is about a lion and a mouse that discover their friendship ends up being treasured more than they though. The lion spares the mouses life after escaping from a hungry owl, while later on the lion is saved by the mouse when he gets trapped. The lion and the mouse display a true friendship with kindness that goes a long way.
A. Area of comment- illustrations
B. The illustrations are the most important because it is the only visual the reader has to tell the str...more
In this wordless story, the illustrations tell the tale of a Lion who lets a mouse go and is later saved by that same mouse. This book shares the beautiful story of how every good deed or act of kindness never goes forgotten. When a mother mouse goes running, she accidentally lands on a sleeping lion. The lion ponders for a minute to eat the mouse for dinner or let her go. He decides to let her go and is later caught in a net by poachers. The mouse is the only animal that might be able to save h...more
Oct 23, 2012
Morgan Elliott
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
traditional-series
The Lion and the Mouse is a perfect book for a traditional book! This particular book by Jerry Pinkney is absolutely outstanding! This version is a wordless picture book with incredible drawings. The Lion and the Mouse is a story about the meek triumphing the the mighty. A mouse stumbles on a lion during his sleep. Normally, a lion would swallow such a tasty mouse in one bite, but this lion decides to release his prey. Later, the mouse hears the lion roaring in the distance because he was captur...more
Oct 15, 2012
Jeffrey
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
children-lit-class-selections
1. Genre: Wordless
2. Summary: This book is the classic tale of the lion and the mouse but what is different is that Jerry Pinkney has the reader focused solely on the illustrations by making the book wordless. Readers can come up with their own way on how the story unfolds between these two vastly different animals that become friends.
A. Area of Comment: Framing
Jerry Pinkney’s use of framing in this book was splendid. He uses both full-bleeds and framed illustrations to help tell the story and p...more
2. Summary: This book is the classic tale of the lion and the mouse but what is different is that Jerry Pinkney has the reader focused solely on the illustrations by making the book wordless. Readers can come up with their own way on how the story unfolds between these two vastly different animals that become friends.
A. Area of Comment: Framing
Jerry Pinkney’s use of framing in this book was splendid. He uses both full-bleeds and framed illustrations to help tell the story and p...more
The Lion and the Mouse is a book full of illustration that allows children to grasp a story through pictures and barely has any words. This is allowing children to use their imagination and to think outside the box of what is going on in each illustration. Children are creating their own storyline with these amazing illustrations that are very vivid. In the beginning of the book, you will not be expecting to see the unusual friendship that unfolds between the mouse and the lion. I chose this boo...more
Parents need to know that this lovely version of Aesop’s fable is wordless, aside from the onomatopoeic sounds of the animals. Grownups who are unfamiliar with the fable may want to revisit it before reading this with their children.
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Educational value
The diverse wildlife of the Serengeti figures prominently in this tale.
Positive messages
The classic moral resounds here: No act of kindness is ever wasted. There’s also a lesson on humility and respect. The tiny mouse proves the error of underest...more
This book is probably my favorite childrens book so far, it is so rich from the illustrations to the meaning that the story gives you. To start with it is so attractive because the cover has this great big lions head so beautifully illustrated with no title or author (you actually find these on the spine). This attracts you to the book, you can see the lion is looking to his left and as you flip the book over you can see he is looking at a curious mouse on the other side. This is just an introdu...more
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JERRY PINKNEY is one of children’s literature’s most time-honored artists. He has been illustrating children’s books for over 40 years and has more than 75 books to his credit. He has the rare distinction of being the recipient of five Caldecott Honor books and the winner of the Caldecott medal for The Lion and the Mouse. He has also won the Coretta Scott King Award five times, the Coretta Scott K...more
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