Once a Mouse

Marcia Brown retells an Indian fable from the Hitopadesa in this Caldecott Medal-winning tale of a mouse who becomes a tiger.

When a small mouse's life is threatened by large jungle predators, a kindly hermit uses magic to change him into a cat, a dog, and a majestic tiger. But the proud tiger must suffer the consequences when he becomes ungrateful and forgets his humble origins. Marcia Brown's magical woodcuts bring this Indian fable to life with the mastery that won her a second Caldecott Medal.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 04/01/1972
ISBN: 9780684126623
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 9.75h x 9.53w x 0.38d
Award: Caldecott Medal - Winner
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 29236 / Once a Mouse...
Reading Level: 3.2 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5