This tale of a big lion and a small mouse is an ancient classic. These popular versions -- including one in Spanish -- are great to read aloud to children before they are able to read them for themselves.
Lion And The Mouse
by Gail Herman
Our Review
Description: A little mouse proves that even small critters are capable of great deeds when he rescues the King of the Jungle.
This sweet book is perfect for lap-time and to use as a beginning practice reader.
This sweet book is perfect for lap-time and to use as a beginning practice reader.
- Paperback: 32 pages
- Look Inside available
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Technical data:
Word Count: 83
Accelerated Reading level: 0.7 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 31592
Lexile: 100

Lion And The Mouse
by Shannon Eric Denton
Description: After a ferocious lion spares a cowering mouse, the mouse comes to his rescue, freeing him from a hunter's net, teaching the lion that little friends can prove to be great friends.
- Library Binding: 32 pages
- Publisher: Magic Wagon (2010)
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Technical data:
Word Count: 152
Accelerated Reading level: generic 2 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 134866


Tales Of Animals
by Karen Berg Douglas
Description: Offers young readers a look at several traditional tales about animals, including two of Aesop's fables, as well as a story from Rudyard Kipling.
- Paperback: 54 pages
- Publisher: Perfection Learning (1998)
- ISBN-10: 0789128586
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Technical data:
Word Count: 9,150
Accelerated Reading level: 2.9 / points: 1.0
AR quiz: 24579
Lexile: 420L

Aesop's Fables
by John Cech
Description: Retells over thirty classic Aesop's fables in succinct style.
- Hardcover: 40 pages
- Publisher: Sterling (2009)
- ISBN-10: 1402752989
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Technical data:
Reading Level: generic 3

City Mouse, Country Mouse And Two More Mouse Tales From Aesop
by Aesop
Description: Three classic mouse stories including the Lion and the Mouse.
- Paperback: 32 pages
- Publisher: Scholastic
- ISBN-10: 0590411551
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Technical data:
Reading Level: generic 2
Lexile: AD500L

Leon Y El Raton
by Mark White
Description: A mouse begs a lion for mercy and, after he is set free, promises that he will help the lion some day in return.
- Hardback: 24 pages
- Publisher: Picture Window Books
- Language: Spanish
- ISBN-10: 1404816232
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Technical data:
Word Count: 391
Accelerated Reading level: 2.8 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 72165SP
You might also want to take a look at the following two Lion-and-Mouse books. One we couldn't include above because we couldn't confirm the reading level -- we think it's generic 2 -- and the other is wordless.

Animal Tales
Golden Books Editors
Description: Nine timeless animal tales come together in one deluxe, affordable compilation, featuring such unforgettable stories as Mister Dog, The Saggy Baggy Elephant, and The Tawny Scrawny Lion.
- Lexile: 6648L
- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Golden Books
- ISBN-10: 0375841784
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and the beautiful wordless version...

by Jerry Pinkney
Our Review
- Hardcover: 40 pages
- Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- ISBN-10: 0316013560
- Look Inside available
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