Product Description

This is a new title in the fantastic "First Reading" series, aimed at children who are beginning to read. A tiny mouse disturbs King Lion's afternoon nap. 'Don't kill me!' she begs. 'Maybe I can save your life too, one day'. King Lion doesn't believe it - but when he is in real trouble, he learns that even little friends can be great friends. Developed in consultation with Alison Kelly, who is a senior lecturer in education and an early reading specialist from Roehampton University. A great value quality hardback with ribbon marker guaranteed to foster pride in book ownership.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #50771 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-26
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 32 pages

Customer Reviews

A debate about size, in The Lion and the Mouse fable simply retold
by Mairi Mackinnon, for the Usborne First Reading series of books.

USBORNE FIRST READING is graded into FOUR levels, this particular book is: LEVEL ONE.

From the back cover:-

'It's tough in the wild, whether you're a tiny mouse or a big, scary lion.
But friends can be found in the strangest of places....'

Colourful and durable hard-board covers open to 32 high quality pages in the popular 2-page spread format.
Numbered pages, complete with a bright yellow ribbon bookmark to keep your place!
Pastel illustrations throughout, from Frank Endersby, which are further enhanced by meaningful facial expressions.
A simple, easy-to-follow line of text on each page, including some speech lines/speech bubbles.

Example of text:-

'Lion was fast asleep.

Something tickled his nose.
Aaaaaa-chooooooooo!!!!

Lion woke up........'

...and isn't too happy to find a mouse responsible for disturbing his slumber!
As angry BIG Lion raises his paw.........philosophical LITTLE mouse has a suggestion which saves his life.
And, that good favour............is rewarded in a BIG way, as we find out at the end of the story.

A PUZZLES section starts on page 24 with 3 puzzles:-

a) Picture Ordering
b) Adjective Choosing
c) Choosing the Best Sentence

followed by the answers, on pages 30/31 and a note about the story:-

'The Lion and the Mouse is one of Aesop's Fables, a collection of stories first told in Ancient Greece around 4,000 years ago......
The stories always have a "moral" (a message or lesson) at the end........'

Other titles from LEVEL ONE include:-

The Fox and the Crow
The Wish Fish
The Fox and the Stork
The Sun and the Wind