Author: Aesop
Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney
Genre: Tradiditional Literature
Awards: Caldecott Medal (2010)
Grade Level: K-2
| A mouse is wandering through the forest one day and is caught by a large lion. The lion contemplates eating the mouse but decides to let him go free. Then the mouse returns to his family. When the lion is strolling through the forest, he gets caught in a rope net that was placed by hunters and the lion starts to roar very loudly. The mouse hears the lion and runs to find him and when he does, the mouse remembers what the lion did for him and so he chews through the rope to set the lion free. The illustrations in this books are extremely intricate and detailed. The illustrator focuses on every hair on the animals, while still making the background interesting. This is a classic tale that every student should be familiar with. Students can practice making predictions and also make an argument for why the mouse chose to help the lion. |
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