Pezzettino

A classic fable about the search for identity, from Caldecott Honor winning picture book creator Leo Lionni. Pezzettino lives in a world in which everyone is big and does daring and wonderful things. But he is small, just a “little piece,” which is the meaning of pezzettino in Italian. “I must be a piece of somebody. I must belong to someone else,” he thinks. How Pezzettino learns that he belongs to no one but himself is the joyous and satisfying conclusion to this beautiful mosaic style picture book.

Children's Books

LIONNI, Léo

Classics

Dragonfly Books

This was the first of four Caldecott Honor Books by Leo Lionni. Published in 1960 and virtually out of print in hardcover for decades, Knopf acquired the hardcover rights from the original publisher just in time to showcase Lionni's 100th anniversary celebration in 2010 and the book's 50th anniversary. The bold graphics and beautiful cutout paper collages of colorful birds, foliage, and the clever green inch worm are as fresh and appealing as ever, and should appeal to a whole new audience in this accessible board book format.

Inch by Inch

Animals

Knopf Books for Young Readers

The Greentail Mouse

Originally published in 1973, this is the offbeat fable of a city mouse who visits his peaceful country cousins and tells them about Mardi Gras in the city. The country mice are inspired to have their own Mardi Gras. And at first, it is fun wearing their masks with sharp teeth and tusks and scaring each other, but after a while, they begin believing that they really are ferocious animals. Leo Lionni's winsome mice cavort across big double-page spreads of oil paintings and tell a story about what is real and what is not that is just right for preschoolers. Reissued in hardcover in 2003, it now makes its debut in Dragonfly paperback.

Swimmy

Illus. in color. "An exquisite picture book. A little fish, the lone survivor of a school of fish swallowed by a tuna, devises a plan to camouflage himself and his new companions."--(starred) School Library Journal.  

St.Martin's Press

“Let's, make rabbits,” say the scissors to the pencil, and, before the reader’s eyes, two rabbits appear—one drawn by the pencil, the other cut from brightly patterned paper by the scissors. When the rabbits are hungry, the scissors and the pencil provide paper carrots. But one day the taste of a real carrot leads to a magical surprise. The simple story and boldly graphic art are perfect to share with very young children in this board book version.

Let's Make Rabbits: A Board Book Edition

Four of Caldecott-winner Leo Lionni's most beloved tales, together in one book with an introduction from Eric Carle! Here in one sumptuous collection are four timeless picture book classics by Leo Lionni: Frederick, Swimmy, Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse, and Fish Is Fish. In this volume, meet Frederick, the poet field mouse whose happy memories help his family endure through the darkest days of winter; Swimmy, the imaginative minnow who uses his small size in a big way; Alexander, the mouse who learns the magic of friendship; and a fish who discovers that life in a small pond isn’t so bad after all. Lionni’s complete texts and illustrations are included along with an introduction from Eric Carle and a CD reading in this elegant, inviting gift edition.

Frederick and His Friends: Four Favorite Fables (Treasured Gifts for the Holidays)

The beloved fable from four-time Caldecott Honor winner Leo Lionni! Originally published in 1973, this is the offbeat fable of a city mouse who visits his peaceful country cousins and tells them about Mardi Gras in the city. The country mice are inspired to have their own Mardi Gras. And at first it is fun wearing their masks with sharp teeth and tusks and scaring each other, but after a while they begin believing that they really are ferocious animals. Leo Lionni’s winsome mice cavort across big double-page spreads of oil paintings and tell a story about what is real and what is not that is just right for preschoolers.

A playful board book from four-time Caldecott Honor-winner Leo Lionni book for the very youngest readers! “What shall we do today?” two mice ask each other. “Read a book? Pick flowers? Go swimming? Play ball? Climb a tree or gather leaves? Play hide-and-seek or dress-up? Talk on the telephone–until it’s time to say good night?” Lionni’s award-winning graphic art is at its best in this very simple board book that begs to be shared with a baby or toddler.

Let's Play

Leo Lionni’s signature mice are the stars of this boxed-set edition of four picture book classics. Not one word or illustration has been deleted from this collection, which includes Frederick, a Caldecott Honor Book about a poet field mouse whose happy memories help his family endure the darkest days of winter; Matthew’s Dream, the story of a young mouse who dreams one night of ‘playful patches of color’ and goes on to paint great things; Geraldine, the Music Mouse, a simple fable about a mouse who discovers a passion for music; and Tillie and the Wall, the story of a determined mouse who longs to discover the unknown world on the other side of the wall in her meadow. Each hardcover book has an attractive small trim size and the boxed set is being offered at an affordable price. Leo Lionni’s Little Mice Tales is the perfect gift to introduce new readers to the magic of Leo Lionni.

Leo Lionni's Little Mice Tales Boxed Set (Frederick, Matthew's Dream, Geraldine the Music Mouse, Tillie and the Wall)

Leo Lionni's Little Mice Tales

Literature & Fiction

Alfred.A. Knopf

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Pezzettino

Inch by Inch

The Greentail Mouse

Swimmy

Let's Make Rabbits: A Board Book Edition

Frederick and His Friends: Four Favorite Fables (Treasured Gifts for the Holidays)

The Greentail Mouse

Let's Play

Leo Lionni's Little Mice Tales Boxed Set (Frederick, Matthew's Dream, Geraldine the Music Mouse, Tillie and the Wall)

Leo Lionni's Little Mice Tales