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Once a Mouse
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Once a Mouse Hardcover - 1972

by Marcia Brown; Marcia Brown (Illustrator)


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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.

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One day a hermit sat thinking about big and little-

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  • Title Once a Mouse
  • Author Marcia Brown; Marcia Brown (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Later Printing
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Atheneum Books for Young Readers, NY:
  • Date April 1, 1972
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780684126623 / 0684126621
  • Weight 0.83 lbs (0.38 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.75 x 9.53 x 0.38 in (24.77 x 24.21 x 0.97 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 08 years
  • Grade levels P - 3
  • Reading level 760
  • Library of Congress subjects Fables, Folklore - India
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number LC 61014769
  • Dewey Decimal Code 398.245

About the author

Marcia Brown (1918-2015), one of the most honored illustrators in children's literature, was a three-time Caldecott Medalist and six-time Caldecott Honor illustrator, as well as winner of the Children's Literature Legacy Award (formerly known as the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award) for the body of her work. She lived in Laguna Hills, California.
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