The Lion and the Mouse

        Picture Book # 12

         AUTHOR: Jerry Pinkney

         ILLUSTRATOR: Jerry Pinkney

         GENRE:  Picture Book

         SUB GENRE: Fable

         THEME: No act of kindness is ever wasted.

          PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CHARACTERS: 

         The Lion, the Mouse and the Poachers.

AWARD(S):  Caldecott Award 2010

DATE OF PUBLICATION AND PUBLISHER: 

 2009 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. 

SUMMARY:  This unique book is based on one of Aesop’s Fables.  There are very few words in the book and the words that there are all the sounds that the animals in the illustrations make.  The illustrations are magnificent and do an awesome job of telling the story of the lion and the mouse.  We discover that both animals are mighty in their own way.  I LOVE this book.  I was really surprised at how this book spoke volumes with so few words. 

HOW WOULD YOU USE THIS BOOK AS A TEACHER:  This book would be perfect to illustrate kind deeds and  teach morals to your students.