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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 4, 2000
PreS-Gr 2 A gentle picture-book retelling with a slightly different twist. In this version, the main characters first meet when the lion is a young cub. Years pass and the "king of the beasts" is trapped by a hunter's net and ultimately freed by the same mouse. The other details of this familiar fable remain the same, but Watts's illustrations enlarge the setting to include a fancifu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More