This copy of "The Lion And The Mouse" that I got from the library for this piece - the cover's falling apart. There are pages ripped and taped back together. But that's the thing about picture books.

The Lion & the Mouse Jerry Pinkney, . . Little, Brown, $16.99 ... Mottled, tawny illustrations show a mouse unwittingly taking refuge on a lion's back as it scurries away from an owl.

The Caldecott Medal winner died of a heart attack on Wednesday. He was known for illustrating over 100 books for readers of all ages, including The Lion and the Mouse and Their Eyes Were Watching God.

The Lion and the Mouse and Other Aesop Fables Doris Orgel, Bert Kitchen. DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), $16.95 (40pp) ISBN 978-0-7894-2665-9 ...

He did it! After five Caldecott honor books (not too bad), Jerry Pinkney finally brought home the gold with The Lion and the Mouse (Little, Brown; 36 pages $16.99; ages 3-6). Announcement of the ...

In 2010, his wordless adaptation of the Aesop fable “The Lion and the Mouse” led to his receiving the Randolph Caldecott Medal for outstanding illustration.