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The Lion and the Mouse

By Kathleen Olmstead (Author), Scott Wakefield (Illustrator)

Price$5.99

Format Hardcover Picture Book

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OVERVIEW

Could a tiny mouse actually help the king of the jungle? Thats what a trapped mouse promises to do if his lion captor sets him free. The lion laughs–and lets him go. But when hunters trap the scared and desperate lion, the mouse proves that even the smallest creatures can do great deeds.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)

Kathleen Olmstead is the author of several Classic Starts books, including Anne of Avonlea and Moby Dick, as well as Jacques Cousteau: A Life Under the Sea and Matthew Henson: The Quest for the North Pole, both in the Sterling Biographies series. She has also written three other Silver Penny Story books: Pied Piper of Hamelin, Thumbelina, and The Steadfast Tin Soldier.

Scott J. Wakefield graduated from Art Center College of Design and has worked as a freelance illustrator for national childrens magazines and major publishers such as Scholastic and McGraw-Hill. His most recent picture books are A Crack in the Night (Story-Express) and Woodchuck Chuck (Envision Books), and hes also illustrated The Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding Hood in the Silver Penny Story series. Scott lives with his family in Aurora, CO.

Pub Date: 11/4/2014

ISBN: 9781402783470

Price: $5.99 / $7.99 CAN

Format: Hardcover Picture Book

Pages: 48 pages, all in color; 20 illustrations

Trim: 4.5 x 6.56 x 0.37 Inches

Territories: World

Category: Fairy Tales & Myths | Picture Books

Age Range: 3 to 6

Publisher: Union Square Kids

Carton Quantity: 92

Series: Silver Penny Stories