Lion and the Mouse / El leon y el raton

• Author: Teresa Mlawer
• Illustrator: Olga Cuellar
• Suggested Age Range: 3 - 5 years, 6 - 8 years

PAPERBACK--Adapted to appeal to young children, this story ends with the important lesson of friendship and kindness. When an unlikely pair learn that no act of kindness is ever wasted when a ferocious lion spares a cowering mouse that he'd planned to eat, the mouse later comes to his rescue, freeing him from a poacher's trap.