The Mouse Who Saved Egypt

The Mouse Who Saved Egypt

By Karim Alrawi, illustrated by Bee Willey

See how a small kindness can be repaid a thousand times over in this retelling of an ancient Middle Eastern folk tale. Ages 4-7 years.

Award-winning writer and playwright, Karim Alrawi, brings a new rendition of Aesop's fable about the lion and the mouse. One day in the deserts of ancient Egypt a young prince rescues a tiny mouse trapped in thorns. The mouse promises to repay the act of kindness, but the young man is skeptical. Fortune favors the prince and he becomes pharaoh. When Egypt is threatened by a powerful enemy, he faces great danger. Just when he thinks that there is nothing to be done, the mouse he once helped returns to save the kingdom in a most unexpected way.

With stunning and distinctive illustrations by Bee Willey, this teaching tale of kindness and it s rewards . . . shows how the smallest of creatures can also be the most heroic.
--Foreword

About the Author
Karim Alrawi is the author of the award-winning picture book The Girl Who Lost her Smile. He is the editor-in-chief of Arabica, the English language magazine for the Arab-American community. He is also playwright-in-residence at Meadow Brook Theatre in Michigan. He has over 30 professionally-produced plays to his credit and has won many national and international awards for his writing.

Bee Willey has illustrated over 20 children's books with co-editions in Canada, Italy, Denmark, Spain, Korea, and the US. Bee illustrated the award-winning The Zoo at Night written by Michael Rosen. In 2004, she was short-listed for the prestigious Kate Greenaway Prize.

Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Crocodile Books
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1566568562