The Lion & the Mouse is the 2010 Caldecott Award winner, by Jerry Pinkney. The story is based on one of Aesop’s fables. The story is about a lion that spares a mouse that he had planned on eating. Later the mouse comes to the lion’s rescue and frees him from a hunter’s trap.
I can barely find the words to describe this almost wordless book. It is simply beautiful! The pictures of this book tells the entire story, there are no words except for a few that are within the pictures. When I first picked up this book I had no idea that the story is told completely with the pictures.
The illustrations are breathtaking and are so vivid. The characters are very expressively illustrated and the gorgeous African landscape is the perfect backdrop. I can certainly see how this stunning book won the Caldecott Award. There are not many picture books out there where the story is told completely though the illustrations and the ones that are out there have not seemed to capture my attention as well as this one.
Jerry Pinkey is a very well-known, award winning children’s book illustrator. Here are just some of the many titles that he has illustrated....
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
John Henry
The Little Red Hen
The Patchwork Quilt
The Ugly Duckling
Three Little Kittens
The Little Match Girl
Little Red Riding Hood
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