Both the lion and the mouse are depicted realistically from the lion's amber eyes to the itty bitty pink mouse feet. It's a beautiful retelling of the story, with many intricate details on each page. Jerry Pinkney has done a masterful job recreating Aesop's fable without words. If my memory serves me correctly, the morals of the story are that even the smallest of friends can prove to be good friends and that no act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. The mouse sees what has happened and gnaws through the rope, enabling the lion to escape. A few pages later, he finds himself ensnared in an enormous net set by poachers. The lion, in turn, grabs the mouse with his enormous paws, toys with her a bit and then lets her go. It's a visual masterpiece that will enchant adults and children alike.įor those who don't remember the fable, it is the story of a little mouse who escapes from the clutches of a hawk, only to find herself on the back of a large lion. Your eyes are drawn in so that you, too, feel as if you are in the wide open spaces of the African Serengeti. Each page is handcrafted in watercolors and pencils, in rich brown and golden hues. To say that it is gloriously depicted, would be an understatement. The Lion & The Mouse by Jerry Pinkney is a wordless picture book that retells the Aesop fable of the lion and the mouse.
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