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Available
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Templar (2014), Edition: Illustrated, 32 pages
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"How can a humble little mouse save a great and mighty lion? Find out in this fresh retelling of one of Aesop's most popular fables. Interactive artwork makes you the storyteller! Release the mouse from the lion's claws and free the lion from his net simply by turning the page."--P. [4] of cover.
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LibraryThing member stomas5
Summary: This children's story is about a little mouse and a mighty lion. One day, the mouse sees a bunch of fruit he wants to eat but accidentally wakes up a lion. The lion understands he is hungry and helps the little mouse get his food. The little mouse thanks him and says if the lion ever needs
Argument: I remember reading this book as a young child and enjoying the message it sends. I think this is a great traditional story that all children should read. This book is a great read for children because it is interactive and fun. This book especially has special cutouts and holes on each page that keep the reader engaged while they are reading. I also think the illustrations are bright and really capture the reader's attention. These features will keep the reader engaged and interested. I also like that this book changes font size and boldness of text depending on the size or significance of what is being said. It allows the reading to change their voice or tone while reading- again making it interactive. I also think that children can relate to the characters of this book because they have different characteristics and qualities that make them special in their own way. For example, the mouse may be small and tiny but he is nimble and quick just like a smaller child may be in the classroom. Whereas a child who is bigger and mature in the classroom may relate more to the lion.
There are two main themes I found in this book. The first is to never judge someone by the way they look. Just because the mouse was small does not make him any less important. No matter your shape or size, everyone has something unique and special. Another big message in this story was the importance of friendship. This book shows that friends can be found anywhere in the most unexpected places-and come in the most unexpected forms.
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help he will return the favor. The lion laughs because he believes the little mouse will never be able to help him. Later, the lion ends up being trapped in a hunter's rope and along comes the little mouse to nibble the rope to rescue him. The lion apologizes for underestimating the little mouse and the two become great friends. Argument: I remember reading this book as a young child and enjoying the message it sends. I think this is a great traditional story that all children should read. This book is a great read for children because it is interactive and fun. This book especially has special cutouts and holes on each page that keep the reader engaged while they are reading. I also think the illustrations are bright and really capture the reader's attention. These features will keep the reader engaged and interested. I also like that this book changes font size and boldness of text depending on the size or significance of what is being said. It allows the reading to change their voice or tone while reading- again making it interactive. I also think that children can relate to the characters of this book because they have different characteristics and qualities that make them special in their own way. For example, the mouse may be small and tiny but he is nimble and quick just like a smaller child may be in the classroom. Whereas a child who is bigger and mature in the classroom may relate more to the lion.
There are two main themes I found in this book. The first is to never judge someone by the way they look. Just because the mouse was small does not make him any less important. No matter your shape or size, everyone has something unique and special. Another big message in this story was the importance of friendship. This book shows that friends can be found anywhere in the most unexpected places-and come in the most unexpected forms.
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LibraryThing member epoche
There was a great mighty lion and a hungry little mouse. One day the lion was sleeping under a berry bush. The very hungry mouse wanted to eat the berries; the mouse didn't think a little mouse could wake up a lion. So she ran across the lion's back and grabbed a berry. The lion woke up and let out
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a roar! The mouse told the lion sorry she was just hungry and the lion told the mouse he knew what it feels like to be hungry The lion holds up the mouse to help her reach the berries. The mouse said thanks and said one day I will help you in return. The lion said I will never need a little mouse. That night the lion got stuck in a hunter's trap. The little mouse nibbled the trap and helped the lion escape. I recommend this book to grades k-1.This book has interactive artwork, which allows the reader to set the mouse free or release the mice from the lions claw, all by a turn of a page in the book. Show Less
LibraryThing member TaylorRankins
The Lion and the Mouse is about lending a hand. In the story a mighty lion helps a little mouse get a juicy berry. In return the mouse said that he would help the lion whenever he needed it. Of course the lion didn't think that a little mouse would be able to help him. One day the lion got caught
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in a rope and the little mouse nibbled him out. I think this story could teach children not to judge anyone because you never know when you'll need them. Show Less
LibraryThing member karleesampson
sweet story about friendship between two unlikely pairs
LibraryThing member SadieCooney
The lion and mouse begin a friendship by the lion helping the mouse. The mouse wants a berry that it cannot reach so the lion helps it. In return, the mouse says it will help the lion. One day, the lion is stuck in the a rope and the mouse chews it until it becomes free. This story is a great read
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aloud. The illustrations are great and will catch a child's eye. The book teaches you not to judge someone by their outer appearance. At first, the mouse was scared of the lion, but realized he was friendly. The lion believed the mouse could never help him, but was pleasantly surprised when it did. Show Less
LibraryThing member Sullywriter
Colorful adaptation good for the preschool set.
LibraryThing member ccampeaux
A major theme in this book is to not judge someone by their size. The lion didn't think a small mouse could help a big lion like him until the lion need the mouse to get him out of a net. "Great and mighty lion" bolded and "little mouse" smaller font size then everything else, shows emphasis on
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LibraryThing member wichitafriendsschool
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.
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076366619X / 9780763666194
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