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School Library Journal
Starred Review on August 1, 2011
Gr 2–6—It has been far too long since Nancy Ekholm Burkert's work last graced a children's book—Valentine and Orson (Farrar, 1989)—and it is a pleasure to welcome her back with a book rich with her signature meticulous brush lines, compelling display of color, and carefully delineated detail. Each page offers dramatic delight that extends the story. In an unusual but fascinating variation on the Aesop tale, Rand Burkert places Mouse at center stage—after all, as he explains, "Mouse clearly performs the lion's share of the work." With that hyp...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on November 1, 2011
The illustrator of an elegantly rendered Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs (rev. 4/73) brings her meticulous style to Aesop's classic, setting it—as did Jerry Pinkney in The Lion and the Mouse (rev. 11/09)—in Africa (here, in the border hills between Botswana and Namibia) and featuring the four-striped African grass mouse, Rhabdomys pumilio. Such specificity enriches the illustrator's keenly observed, every-hair-in-place art, yet never at the expense of her exper...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
Nancy Ekholm Burkert brings her meticulous style to Aesop's classic, setting it--as did Jerry Pinkney in <i>The Lion and the Mou...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
