![]() The detail in each drawing highlights all of the characters of the African plains, giving the mouse and the lion a context that connects it to the greater web of nature. Pinkney’s use of watercolor and colored pencil allows the reader to become immersed in each page as it brilliantly tells the story without words. Highlighted by the squeaks and roars of the courageous mouse and the injured lion this retelling tale focuses on the sounds of nature and the lives of animals in the African plains. While the mouse chews through the ropes and frees the lion, the lion learns about friendship, trust and loyalty. ![]() A vicious lion gets caught in a hunter’s trap, only to be saved by a courageous and caring mouse. Jerry Pinkney retells the Aesop’s classic tale entirely without words in this beautiful picture book. ![]()
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