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What a great book for all ages of readers! Pinkney‘s wordless format allows readers to immerse themselves in the visuals, capturing the essence of the tale through expressive imagery. The narrative centers on the unlikely friendship between a mighty lion and a tiny mouse, highlighting themes of kindness that students could relate to.

Jerry Pinkney‘s “The Lion and the Mouse“ is a beautifully illustrated rendition of Aesop's classic fable. The artwork has rich colors and intricate details. Pinkney‘s wordless format allows readers to immerse themselves in the visuals. This adaptation not only honors the original fable but also invites readers to reflect on the power of compassion and the unexpected connections that can form between different beings.

This book is a traditional folktale, accompanied by beautiful illustrations and simple words that are easy for readers to follow along with.
The story follows a lion who is the strongest in the jungle who captures a mouse that begs him to let him go. The lion agrees, then eventually gets stuck in a net until the mouse sets him free. The moral of the story is friendship, and anyone can make a difference.

I love the expression of the lion

Though it is just illustrations they are very moving and tell the whole story i would use this in a classroom to work on story telling

The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney 2009. This Aesop's fable describes a friendship that emerges peculiarly. A rowdy mouse wakes up the lion from his slumber but decides to let the mouse free. Later when the lion needs a favor after being stuck in a poacher's net, the mouse is the one to set him free. This showed the simple moral that the meek can trump the mighty.

“Sometimes even the smallest creature can help the mightiest.“

This book can be linked to my classroom teaching as it promotes themes of empathy, helping others, and the idea that even the smallest creatures can make a big difference.

This book was published in 2009, it won the Caldecott medal, and it is a wordless picture book in children's literature and fable. The story is about a mighty lion who spares the life of a small mouse, only to have the mouse return the favor when the lion is caught in a hunter's net. This fable is also about kindness and reciprocity.

“I‘ve come to appreciate how both animals are equally large at heart: the courageous mouse, and the lion who must rise above his beastly nature to set his small prey free” (from the artist's note)

Pinkney's representation of the mouse and lion‘s sizes helps emphasize the power dynamics between prey/predator and mighty/meek.

Jerry Pinkney, in classic fashion, vividly engrosses the reader in the setting of the story from page one. It is wordless (like his version of Tortoise and the Hare), so I would likely do a whole class reading together before putting this book in my classroom library to explore.

“Squeak squeak squeak.“

In my classroom, I would use this story to explain that even if two things don't seem like they could go together, they can!

The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney, Caldecott winner. The mouse in this story starts off by being scared of the lion, as mice usually are. However, after getting trapped in rope, the mouse decides to help the lion and chew the rope off of him.

In class you can use this book to have students work on writing by having them write in words for the story. This is also good for students to work on making inferences and predictions.

This was an interesting book because it has no words. Although it is fun to imagine what characters may be thinking or doing as you look through the story. I really enjoyed this book and think that it is cute and fun.

I enjoyed reading this book because the characters represent something deeper than a lion and a mouse. The lion is kind to the mouse, so the mouse returns the favor. I think students could gain a good lesson from this kindness.

This is an example of a fable. This story is about a mouse who is frightened by an owl and in running away he runs into a lion. The lion set the mouse free and the mouse goes home to tell his family about his adventure. The lion is then walking through the jungle when he is captured by rope. The mouse then returns the favor by chewing through the rope and setting the lion free.

“I will not spare you today!“ The weak mouse, afraid, begged for mercy before the lion, “Please forgive me, Lord. If you let me go, someday, I will repay you for your kindness. I will do my best to help you!“

The moment when the mouse decides to help the lion out of the net even when the lion wanted to eat the mouse at the beginning.

This book is a fable. This story has a meaningful lesson within the story. The lion and mouse meet and the lion wants to eat the mouse but he allows the mouse to be spared. Then the lion gets caught in a net and the mouse comes back to check out the situation. Then the lion asks the mouse for help to get out of the net so then the mouse chews his way through the net to free the lion and then they become best friends.

This is a good morning meeting book or a good book to use as an introduction to morals and themes of stories since the theme is mostly straightforward. After reading and introducing the concept of a theme, you could prompt the students to share their ideas for what they believe the theme is of this story.

When a lion is trapped in a net, his only hope for escape is a small mouse. Although the lion is helpless while trapped, the mouse is hesitant to free the lion in fear of being eaten once the beast is free. The book's theme of kindness and love for all creatures makes this an enduring tale for children of all ages. This Aesop's fable is brough to life with illustrations by Jerry Pinkney.

I really enjoyed this story! I found that despite having words, the illustrations did a phenomenal job at telling the story singlehandedly. I feel that this story could be well utilized in young elementary classrooms. I believe it would allow children the opportunity to write their own storyline that they depict based upon the illustrations presented. This would give children the power to use their own logical reasoning and inference skills.

This story is an example of a fable which is a specific type of traditional literature. It highlights the interactions between a mouse and a lion. The overall moral lesson that this story shares is that kindness in never wasted. In the story the lion spares the mouse's life. Then when the lion is found to be stuck in a dangerous situation the mouse returns the favor and helps save the lion's life.

This book would be great to use in the classroom with new or struggling readers because of its limited use of words in the story. It would be a great book to use in a morning meeting because of the huge moral that it teaches, while also not requiring a lot of brain power at the beginning of the day.

The Lion and the Mouse is a fable that teaches about the morals of love, kindness, and trust. Although there are not many words, it teaches the moral through the detailed illustrations. It can also be described as a Beast tale, because of the way the animals are the main characters and how they are described.