the Lion and the Mouse is a fable that teaches people to be kind, humble and thankful. The lion is a prideful animal who helps a little mouse to reach some berries. The mouse is thankful and tells the lion that if he ever needed help that she would be glad to help him. The prideful lion doubts that he would ever need help from a tiny little mouse. However, one day the lion gets trapped in a net and cannot escape, and the tiny little mouse came to save him by chewing him out of the net. The lion realizes that he was wrong to think a mouse could not help him and the lion and the mouse becomes best friends.

Jenny Broom, like many others, readapted this story from the Aesop's fables. I enjoyed reading the story and especially liked the peek-through windows on every page and the cool illustrations.
I also read peoples thoughts on this fable and generally people call attention to the Lion's pride and the mouse's humbleness. But for some reason, I associated this story with gender roles as well. The lion is prideful, but also the king of the jungle (man of the house, provider etc.) and the mouse is just a tiny, small part of the wild (the woman, the help). The lions attitude towards the mouse offering help was much like the attitudes of men in 40's who believed women were incapable of providing or working or anything! And until the humble little mouse freed the lion, the lion would have remained full of pride. ( )

This is a gently re-telling of Aesop's fable without any initial animosity between the lion and the mouse. The story shows how a little mouse can do a huge lion a great favor, but it loses some of the moral value about enemies being friends in the traditional tale.

Awesome book for ages 2-5. Interactive and vibrant colors. My girls enjoyed looking through the wholes, guessing what may be next. Tale of how a mouse and lion became friends. ( )

This book a cute take on the tale the lion and the mouse. The pages are filled with bright colors and cute cut outs. This story tells of how you can not judge someone based on their size. You can help someone no matter how big or small you are. I would definitely have this book in my class. It has a lot of art in it and I take interest in books that have interesting art throughout it. ( )

A retelling of the classic tale, "The Lion and the Mouse" with bright color illustratons and peek through pages. This book would be perfect for storytime because it was plenty of opportunties for the audience to be interactive with the reader. Young readers will definitely enjoy all the peer through holes to look through. This book is really speaking to young readers. I would definitely have this in my classroom to educate my students on "The Lion and the Mouse." This retelling is the exact same as the classic because the storyline is the same. The Lion thinks the little mouse could never help him. But little does he know, he gets caught in a hunters nest and can't get out. He wishes someone will help him. The mouse then nibbles on the nest to set the Lion free. A great retelling of the classic book. ( )