The Lion & the Mouse

The Caldecott Award-winning and New York Times bestselling fable of compassion and kindness retold by acclaimed artist Jerry Pinkney.

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.

• The Tortoise & the Hare
• The Red Book (Caldecott Honor Book)
• A Ball for Daisy (Caldecott Medal - Winner Title(s))
• Chalk
• The Ugly Duckling (Caldecott Honor Book)
• Flotsam
• The Three Billy Goats Gruff
• Journey (Aaron Becker's Wordless Trilogy)
• Locomotive (Caldecott Medal Book)
• The Grasshopper & the Ants