Families
In the Galleries
What animal do you like the best?
Write or draw a FABLE about it
and don’t forget a surprise at the end!
WALK
the Galleries
and find a lion,
a kitten,
a hungry wolf,
and stories like
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
and The Little
Match Girl
Witness: The Art of Jerry Pinkney
Through January 13, 2013
©2012 Hudson River Museum 511 Warburton Avenue Yonkers, NY 10701 hrm.org
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Jerry Pinkney©Jerry Pinkney Studio. All rights reserved.
Cover: Mouse in Lion’s Paw, detail from The Lion and the Mouse. Jerry Pinkney 2009.© 2009 Jerry Pinkney Studio. All rights reserved.
Photo Jesse Bourdon, Jerry Pinkney, 2012. Page 1 Cover illustration, detail. The Lion and the Mouse. Page 2 Mouse and Lion’s Tail; Lion Picks Up Mouse; Lion’s Capture;
Freed Lion from The Lion and the Mouse.
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The exhibition has been organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Witness: The Art of Jerry Pinkney
has been made possible, in part, with generous support from The Max and Victoria Drefus Foundation and Little, Brown Books for
Young Readers, a division of Hachette Book Group, with additional support by Jack Noël.
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with him. Turn the
LOOK... at the lion’s picture.
What Do You See?
Eyes? Ears? A Nose? A Mouth? A Beard?
MEET...The Lion and the Mouse, the animal stars
in a story that is called a FABLE.
A fable has special parts AND a surprise ending.
Look for 5 special parts of a FABLE in the story of
The Lion and the Mouse.
The lion’s face is SYMMETRICAL. That means one side of its face is the same as the other.
1
SETTING
One day while a mouse was creeping through the tall grass she
saw a big lion asleep in the sun. She scampered up his back and
tickled him awake! (whoops!
)
2
TALKING ANIMALS
(they’re fun)
With one swipe the lion snatched her in his claws and growled,
“For daring to interrupt my nap you’ll be my next meal.”
GRRR
“Oh, please,” the mouse gasped, “let me go, and I promise one
day I’ll help you in return.” The lion just laughed but he let the mouse go.
3 PROBLEM
RRROAARRRR
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When the brave little mouse heard
his cries, she hurried to him, and
chewed through the net with her
sharp teeth and the lion was freed!
DRAW... the other side of the lion’s face.
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What will you draw to make his face symmetrical?
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ot long after, the lion was caught in a trap set by
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some clever hunters. He thrashed and fought but
could not escape.
RESOLUTION
(surprise end
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MORAL
Even the strongest
can sometimes
use the help of the
smallest.
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(suggestion)
WALK... in the Galleries. Find another picture about a fable and talk about the parts of a fable with your family.
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