# The Lion & the Mouse

**Author:** Jerry Pinkney
**Grade range:** Grades K–3
**First published:** 2009
**Page count:** 40
**Genre:** Juvenile Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780316013567`
**ISBN-10:** `0316013560`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/the-lion-the-mouse
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable set in the African Serengeti, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when she rescues the King of the Jungle.

## Where this book is assigned

### Caldecott Medal

- **recommended** · Kindergarten grade — [source: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2010 Caldecott Medal winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal)
- **recommended** · 1st grade — [source: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2010 Caldecott Medal winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal)
- **recommended** · 2nd grade — [source: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2010 Caldecott Medal winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade — [source: Caldecott Medal (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2010 Caldecott Medal winner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal)

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