Author: Jerry Pinkney
Title: The Lion and the Mouse
Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney
Genre: Picture Book
Subgenre: Children's Literature
Theme:Bullying Prevention
Primary and Secondary characters: The lion and the Mouse
Awards, date of publication: 1989, Caldecott Award
Publishing company: Little, Brown and Company
Summary: This book tells the story of a mouse who is scared by the animals of the forest. He is so scared that he accidently runs up the back of a lion. The lion does not eat him, he decides to just let him go. The lion is then caught by hunters. The mouse then sees this and then chews the rope so that the lion can get free. They then become best friends. This book teaches about friendship. It would be a great example to show that bullying is not the answer.
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