The Lion and the Mouse

Title

en_US The Lion and the Mouse

en_US Sommer-Time Story Classics

en_US STSC 6

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US First edition

en_US Retold by Carl Sommer

Creator

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Mercado, Jorge

Date

2016-01-25T15:38:07Z

en_US 2014-08

en_US 2014

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:38:07Z

Date Issued

en_US 2014

Abstract

en_US The back cover advertises this and the other books of this series as award-winning motivational character-building picture books. The overall series, Sommer-Time Story Series, has won over forty national awards. The front cover promises fun but mentions also courage, caring, and perseverance. This version of the story takes an unusual approach. Bitsie the mouse is having a very hard time finding food for her family and so she moves deliberately into the lion's den. She looks forward to getting food there only when Leo is asleep. Bitsie complicates things when her curiosity has her saying I wonder how the lion's chest feels. No, Bitsie! No! When nothing happens in her first probing of his chest, she gets bolder and bolder. Soon she is asking how his whiskers feel. After she is caught and released, she takes her family back to live with her forest friends. The book's best picture shows Leo's astonishment as he is netted and pulled up (11). All the other animals run from Leo's roaring, but Bitsie wants to stay true to her promise to help Leo. As she arrives, Leo tells her to go and find someone big and strong. Nice touch by the storyteller! Leo tries to send Bitsie away as the hunters approach, but she keeps on working. Bitsie jumps onto is name as Leo breaks away just in time. Leo offers to have Bitsie and her family live in his cave and share his food. This particular series, Sommer-Time Story Classics, contains some twelve fable books. This library edition has a cloth reinforced binding and is very sturdy. There are also video and read-along versions of these books with sound effects, and there are free online helps too.

Identifier

en_US 9781575370828 (library binding : alk. paper)

en_US 10145 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/76133

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Advance Publishing

en_US Houston, TX

Subject

en_US PZ8.S4187 Lio 2014 See all items with this value

en_US One story See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole