The Story of Jumping Mouse is a children's picture book written by African-American award-wining author and illustrator John Steptoe. John Steptoe's The Story of the Jumping Mouse: A Native American Legend (1984) is written and illustrated in black and white, which is for why it received the Caldecott Honor in 1985.

The Story of the Jumping Mouse is a hard cover children's picture book measuring 9.1 x 11 inches. Containing 40 pages full of black and white written and illustrated pictures.

The story, written by Steptoe, is told from a mouse who is a native of the land perspective. It's a story about a young mouse on an adventure in seek of the far-off land.