The Contest Between the Sun and Wind

The Contest Between the Sun and Wind
Retold by Heather Forest
Illustrated by Susan Gaber

The sun and the wind test their strength by seeing which of them can cause a man to remove his coat, demonstrating the value of using gentle persuasion rather than force as a means of achieving a goal.

The Lion and the Mouse

The Lion and the Mouse
by Jerry Pinkney

In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when he rescues the King of the Jungle.