I
really enjoyed this book, The
Lion & The Mouse by Jerry
Pinkney. The Lion & the
Mouse is one of Aesop's most
adored fables, and Jerry Pinkney does an outstanding job of turning the story
into a wordless picture-book. The book allows your imagination tell the story
through the beautiful pages of illustrations. The story is about a Mouse who
runs into a lion, and the lion let's the mouse go free without eating him. The
favor is later returned when poachers capture the lion, and the mouse sees him
and chews through the ropes holding the lion and frees him. I think this book
would be valuable book for children to teach them the lesson that you should
always be kind to people, because you never know when you will need someone to
be kind to you.
It would be so interesting to have
students get into small groups and have them tell the story of the Lion and the
Mouse to their group members as they see it through Jerry Pinkney's art. This
book could also be used to encourage students to create their own illustrations
for books that they write in class. I just see so many possibilities to really
highlight this wonderful adaptation of The
Lion & the Mouse in the
classroom
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