The Lion & The Mouse

Children's Book and Media Review Volume 38 | Issue 3 Article 2 2017 The Lion & The Mouse Kristie Hinckley Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cbmr BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Hinckley, Kristie (2017) "The Lion & The Mouse," Children's Book and Media Review: Vol. 38 : Iss. 3 , Article 2. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cbmr/vol38/iss3/2 This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by the All Journals at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Children's Book and Media Review by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact , . Hinckley: The Lion & The Mouse Book Review Title: The Lion & The Mouse Author: Jerry Pinkney Reviewer: Kristie Hinckley Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Publication Year: 2009 ISBN: 9780316013567 Number of Pages: 32 Interest Level: Preschool, Primary Rating: Outstanding Review If you have ever heard the fable of the lion and the mouse, you will enjoy this illustrative rendition of it. If you aren’t familiar with this fable, you will instantly fall in love. Jerry Pinkey uses strictly illustrations to tell this story of a fierce lion and a tender mouse who protect each other. This is a story of the powerful bonds of friendship. The illustrations foreshadow and help the reader make predictions. Jerry Pickney uses pencil and watercolor to illustrate Aesop’s fable, The Lion and the Mouse. The author does a fantastic job of showing the lion’s and mouse’s emotions through illustrations, which important because this book’s only words are sounds, or onomatopoeia. Throughout the story, the author uses the illustrations to foreshadow later events, which makes the reader never tire of this book. The illustrator shows, rather than tells, the message of this powerful book. Published by BYU ScholarsArchive, 2017 1  (...truncated)