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Jerry Pinkney
Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

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This book is a feast for your eyes, for your imagination, and for your heart. In near-wordlessness, Jerry Pinkney works his visual magic to create a book that you will want in your family forever. He explains that this retelling of one of Aesop's Fables is about much more than the meek trumping the mighty.

It all begins when a mouse escapes a hunting owl, ending up hiding in the tall, golden grass of the plains and, unknowingly, on the golden back of a lion who is resting in that grass. Cranky from being awakened from his nap, the lion picks up the mouse by the tail (probably thinking, ''I could swallow you in one gulp''), but ends up releasing her to freedom in what can only be assumed to be a moment of benevolence.

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Some time later, the lion trips the trap of some poachers and is caught in a maze of rope. His indignant roars summon the mouse, who hunkers down to gnaw through the rope and free the lion.

You probably know how this fable ends, but I can guarantee that you've never seen how it ends until you see Pinkney's opulent watercolors, which tell the story with the emotion and drama it deserves. Somehow, he conveys that the lion and the mouse are more than just large and small, strong and scrawny.

Rather, they are both heroes because they moved toward their best selves: the courageous mouse and the lion who rose above his beastly nature to set his small prey free. We need more messages like this these days for our children and for ourselves.

(Ages: 2 1/2 - 5 years)

Autographed copies while supplies last.
#15791 - Hardcover Book - 32 pgs
Our price $16.99

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Jerry Pinkney's marvelous illustrations make his retelling of The Lion and the Mouse treasured.