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Winner of the 2010 Caldecott Medal and 2009 Parent’s Choice award, “Jerry’s Pinkney’s sumptuous cinematic version of the familiar Aesop fable about a lion whose kindness in allowing a tiny mouse to live is later rewarded when the mouse frees him from a trap needs not a single (human) word to tell the story.” There are no titles on the front and back cover either.
The Lion and the Mouse is magnificent realization of an ancient tale that never grows old.
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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.
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