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.

Pinkney enriches this classic tale of friendship with another universal theme—family ... which show the lion walking with his mate and cubs as the mouse and her brood ride on his back.

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 ...

He did it! After five Caldecott honor books (not too bad), Jerry Pinkney finally brought home the gold with The Lion and the Mouse (Little, Brown; 36 pages $16.99; ages 3-6). Announcement of the ...

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 ...