Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
Seven Blind Mice is the retelling of a famous story. Seven blind mice each individually set off to find out about a mysterious and large strange something. Each mouse comes back with a different accounting of what the thing may be, and each lacks the correct information. Putting the stories all together, however, results in the knowledge that the thing is an elephant. Parents could explain this story means that each person sees the world in his or her own way, and people work together to determine the truth. When a child says something like, “But so-and-so said such-and-such,” the parent could make an analogy to this story and say maybe that person didn’t understand everything. This book could help children consider being thoughtful about the viewpoints expressed by just one person.
The mouse moral at the end of the book is:
“Knowing in part may make a fine tale, but wisdom comes from seeing the whole.”
