Perfectly timed pictures of a startled stargazer fish, a mouse peering cautiously from underneath a sleeping lion's paw, and an orphaned monkey gazing vacantly as he hangs on a washing line have ...

Original artwork from 'The Lion and the Mouse' heads to a museum — safe from kids’ sticky fingers The late children’s book illustrator Jerry Pinkney won the Caldecott Medal for his book The ...

Mottled, tawny illustrations show a mouse unwittingly taking refuge on a lion's back as it scurries ... balance the many finely detailed, closeup images of the protagonists. Pinkney has no need ...

Then suddenly something brushed the lion's foot, and he was jolted awake. There before him stood a trembling mouse. "I'm sorry, sir. I didn't mean to wake you ..." "Fool!" the lion roared.

NEW YORK >> Jerry Pinkney, a prize-winning children’s book illustrator known for his richly textured images of Black life, fables and fairy tales in works ranging from “The Lion and the Mouse ...

Pinkney was a legend in the world of children's publishing. He won a Caldecott medal for his 2010 picture book The Lion and The Mouse; he also won five Coretta Scott King awards from the American ...

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 ...