Once a Mouse-: A Fable Cut in Wood (Aladdin Books)

by Marcia Brown

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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.

  • ISBN10 0689707517
  • ISBN13 9780689707513
  • Publish Date 1 May 1982 (first published 1 April 1972)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 1 October 2009
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster
  • Imprint Atheneum Books for Young Readers
  • Format Paperback
  • Language English