Compare And Contrast The Lion And The Mouse By Jerry Pinkney

The lion and the mouse by Jerry Pinkney is one of my favorite picture books by any author. I remember seeing the cover of the book when I was at the library looking for a new book to show the class where I was an assistant teacher and it was my first time for story time. The main point of this story was how the lion had the choice of either eating the mouse or letting him go free. The mouse small in size but there is much he can do for him in return. At first I thought the children might not be able to follow it, but the feedback I got in return was amazing. The author Jerry Pinkney liked art very much since he was a child and was very enthusiastic about it. He had dyslexia in his childhood and struggled in most subjects, but through his art …show more content…
The way the book has great colors, dramatic size in the picture to emphasize on the differences of size between the lion and the mouse. The front cover got my attention immediately when I first saw it, I loved the rich orange, brown-bronze color the lion has and when you flip to the back of the cover it has a soft background of yellow, while the mouse has dark grays with a mixture of red and brown. Also, this book has more details than most children books. Most have simple drawing that doesn’t show much detail on the whole picture that just focuses on the main character, but this book has it from cover to end. Especially on the lion and the mouse, the detail it has on their fur to their whiskers looks very realistic and isn’t cartooned at all which is something I really …show more content…
This took two pages of the book for one scene to emphasize the importance of the illustration because it showed how the lion gave the mouse a chance. This story has a great meaning for children that they can understand and may relate as well. The lion and the mouse show that everybody has the ability to help others no matter how big or how small. I remember when I was reading this book to the children at the center for story time and they were shocked the lion had let him go. They thought because the lion is so big he wouldn’t want to be friends with a mouse or he wouldn’t let him go when he could just eat him. This illustration in the book is one of the very important scenes in the book because it is when it has an unexpected event that changes the