Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Seven Blind Mice


Story Title: Seven Blind Mice

Author: Ed Young

Illustrator: Ed Young

Genre: Fable

Characters: Red Mouse, Green Mouse, Yellow Mouse, Purple Mouse, Orange Mouse, Blue Mouse, White Mouse, Elephant

Summary: This story is based on the ancient fable of the Blind Men and the Elephant. Six mice take their turns examining separate parts of an unknown, large object, and never come to the right conclusion because they are not looking at the whole. The seventh mouse explores the entire object carefully and finds that it is an elephant.

Comments: The story carries a very important message that all students should learn as early as possible: "Knowing in part may make a fine tale, but wisdom comes from see the whole." Students will get a lot more out of their education when keeping this in the back of their mind. The illustrations are simple, but effective. When read with an excited and skeptical tone, this story would appeal to young children.

Grade Level: Preschool or kindergarten for story time and first or second grade as beginning reading

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