THE LION AND 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 pairlearn 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.