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Why it matters
Its expansive images give an ancient tale fresh emotional and ecological life.
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The Lion & the Mouse
Jerry Pinkney2010 selection · Picture books
The Lion & the Mouse
Nearly wordless watercolors retell Aesop's fable of a small mouse returning a great lion's mercy.
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You love wordless animal storytelling.
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