内容简介

This story starts on the cover with the glorious, goldencountenance of a lion. No text is necessary to communicate thetitle: the direction of the beast's gaze and the conflictedexpression on his tightly cropped face compel readers to turn thebook over, where a mouse, almost filling the vertical space,glances back. The endpapers and artist's note place these creaturesamong the animal families of the African Serengeti. Each spreadcontributes something new in this nearly wordless narrative,including the title opening, on which the watchful rodent pauses,resting in one of the large footprints that marches across thegutter. In some scenes, Pinkney's luminous art, rendered inwatercolor and colored pencil, suggests a natural harmony, as whenthe cool blues of the sky are mirrored in the rocks and acaciatree. In other compositions, a cream-colored background focusesattention on the exquisitely detailed and nuanced forms of the twomain characters. Varied perspectives and the judicious use ofpane

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The 2010 Caldecott Medal winner is The Lion & theMouse.

The screech of an owl, the squeak of a mouse and the roar of a liontransport readers to the Serengeti plains for this virtuallywordless retelling of Aesop’s classic fable. In glowing colors,Pinkney’s textured watercolor illustrations masterfully portray therelationship between two very unlikely friends.

《狮子和老鼠》也被称作《狮子和报恩的老鼠》，出自世界上最早的寓言故事集《伊索寓言》。这部作品原本的故事是这样的——狮子睡着了，有只老鼠跳到了他身上。狮子猛然站起来，把他抓住，准备吃掉。老鼠请求饶命，并说如果保住性命，必将报恩，狮子轻蔑地笑了笑，便把他放走了。不久，狮子真的被老鼠救了性命。原来狮子被一个猎人抓获，并用绳索把他捆在一棵树上。老鼠听到了他的哀嚎，走过去咬断绳索，放走了狮子，并说：“你当时嘲笑我，不相信能得到我的报答，现在可清楚了，老鼠也能报恩。”

作者简介

作者杰里·平克尼在童年时期最喜欢看的书便是《伊索寓言》。《狮子和老鼠》这个小故事带给他的不仅仅是故事本身的寓意——弱者如何胜过强者，而更是故事中两个相互对立的主角之间关系的神奇变化。对于杰里而言，他很赞赏老鼠的无畏和知恩图报，同时也很欣赏超越了与生俱来的兽性施放了小老鼠的狮子。它们的博大胸怀带给了他莫大的感动。

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