Jerry Pikney became the first African American to win the Caldecott Medal for his illustrations in this book. The illustrations were particularly lauded for showing such realism and balance between the characters with their surroundings. This book was published in 2009 and is a nearly wordless picture book that is an adaptation of Aesop's fable of The Lion and the Mouse. In Jerry Pinkney's book, The Lion & the Mouse, he beautifully illustrates the story of a mouse's life spared by the lion. After the lion becomes captured in a hunting trap, the mouse sets the lion free. Because this book is almost wordless, and the illustrations are so beautifully presented, this book allows for many levels of readers to capture the story's message suggesting the week can help the strong and differences can be overcome thus creating a strong friendship once they each understood one another.
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