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 expressively-drawn characters, Pinkney makes this a truly special retelling, and his stunning pictures speak volumes.
- ISBN: 9780316013567
- Published: 2009 , Little, Brown Young Readers
- Themes: Aesop Fable, Compassion and kindness, lions, Mice
- Descriptors: Africa, Caldecott, Early Years (ages 2-6), Picture Book
- No. of pages: 40