The lion spares the life of the mouse, and the mouse later rescues the lion. Children's book illustrator Jerry Pinkney gave this tale a lush and expansive life in 2009 and won the Caldecott Medal.

which show the lion walking with his mate and cubs as the mouse and her brood ride on his back. Pinkney's artist's note explains that he set the book in Africa's Serengeti, “with its wide ...

These 7 picture books are among the best of late 2011 In ... for the first time with her son Rand Burkert to produce Mouse & Lion (Scholastic, Inc., 32 pp.). Jerry Pinkney’s award-winning ...

In the final session of our Aesop’s Fables unit the children move to the story of the Lion and the Mouse. They show how the Lion catches the Mouse and then sets him free, only to be caught ...

“You shall also be free, Mouse!” says the lion. “I grant you liberty to climb ... that reminds readers of the physical pleasures of books; it’s a gratifying addition to Nancy Ekholm ...

A Mouse was scurrying through the forest when he saw a Lion sleeping under a tree. The Mouse stopped and said to the Lion: ‘You may be very big but I’m not scared of you.’ The Mouse climbed ...