Picture Book 4

A.    Author: Jerry Pinkney

B.     Title: The Lion and The Mouse  

C.     Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney

D.    Readability: Wordless Book

E.     Genre: Fables, Folk Tales, Myths

F.      Subgenre:

G.    Theme: Fables, Folk Tales, Myths

H.    Primary and secondary characters: Lion and Mouse

I.       Award(s) date of publication: Caldecott Award 2010

J.       Publishing company: Hachette Book Company

K.    ISBN number: 978-0-316-01356-7

L.     Brief summary: This particular version of The Lion and The Mouse, is wordless. The pictures in essences do all the talking. The book starts with a mouse about to be eaten by an owl, followed by the lion about to eat the mouse. The mouse pleads with the lion who then releases the mouse. The lion runs off. In the next scene, two poachers set up a net and hide it under some brush. The lion walks right into it. Screaming the mouse hears him and starts to eat away the  net freeing the lion. The two live harmoniously after all.

M.   Description of how you would use the book with students: I believe I would use  The Lion and The Mouse to help students work on prediction. This book is a wordless book, so the children will have to use their imagination. Then I could read the actual story to the class, checking their predictions. Another way to use this in the classroom is to use the statement “treat others as you want to be treated.” This book is a wonderful example, the mouse was saved by the lion and because the lion was such a great animal, the mouse returned the favor.