The Lion & the Mouse - Wikipedia The Lion & the Mouse For other uses, see The Lion and the Mouse ( disambiguation ). The Lion & the Mouse Front cover Author Jerry Pinkney Illustrator Jerry Pinkney Country United States Genre Children 's picture book Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publication date 2009 Pages 40 ISBN 0 - 316 - 01356 - 0 OCLC 263604760 LC Class PZ8. 2. P456 Li 2009 Children 's literature portal The Lion & the Mouse is a children 's picture book illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Published in 2009, the book retells without words Aesop 's fable of The Lion and the Mouse. Pinkney won the 2010 Caldecott Medal for his illustrations in the book. In the artist 's note at the end of the book, Jerry Pinkney writes : `` As a child I was inspired to see the majestic king of the jungle saved by the determination and hard work of a humble rodent ; as an adult I 've come to appreciate how both animals are equally large at heart : the courageous mouse and the lion who must rise above his beastly nature to set his small prey free. '' References Jump up ^ `` Caldecott Medal Home Page ''. ALA. Retrieved 19 January 2010. Awards Preceded by The House in the Night Caldecott Medal recipient Succeeded by A Sick Day for Amos McGee This article about a children 's book is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Lion_%26_the_Mouse&oldid=827939746 '' Categories : 2009 children 's books American picture books Picture books by Jerry Pinkney Caldecott Medal - winning works Little, Brown and Company books Fictional lions Fictional mice and rats Aesop 's Fables Wordless books Children 's book stubs Hidden categories : Pages to import images to Wikidata Articles with unsourced quotes All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 27 February 2018, at 17 : 08. About Wikipedia

Question: when was the lion and the mouse written
Answer: 2009