num_pages: 40
description: Sometimes even the King needs help... and little friends may prove to be great friends.In award-winning artist Jerry Pinkney's stunningly rendered wordless adaptation of one of Aesop's most beloved fables an unlikely pair learn that no act of kindness is ever wasted.After a ferocious lion spares a cowering mouse that he'd planned to eat the mouse later comes to his rescue freeing him from a poacher's trap. With vivid depictions of the landscape of the African Serengeti and expressively-drawn characters Pinkney makes this a truly special retelling and his stunning pictures speak volumes.As a testament to this unique rendition this work was the winner of the 2010 Caldecott Medal and is certain to become a bedtime classic for years to come.
language: English
title: The Lion and the Mouse
publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers