Leo Lionni

The cheerful celebration of art, music, and cheese from beloved four-time Caldecott Honor-winner Leo Lionni. While nibbling at a huge hunk of parmesan cheese, Geraldine uncovers a cheese statue of a mouse playing what seems to be a flute but on closer inspection is really its tail. That night Geraldine is woken by silver and gold sounds. "This must be music " she says. And every night the cheese mouse fills Geraldine's hideaway with beautiful music. Then one day her hungry mice friends ask her to share her cheese with them. Geraldine's new love of music infuses her with a magic of her own and provides a satisfying conclusion to this delightful tale.

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The beloved characters from Swimmy and more of Leo Lionni's perennially bestselling books make playing Go Fish a brand-new adventure for parents and kids alike. Do you have any Fredericks? Any Swimmys? Any chameleons or crocodiles or extraordinary eggs? This deck of 52 oversized, kid-friendly cards features Leo Lionni's colorful characters, beginning with Swimmy the fish Two extra cards show the rules for three classic card games: Go Fish, Snap, and Concentration. Parents who themselves grew up with Lionni's books will delight in playing with their kids.

Featuring the beloved characters from Frederick, Swimmy, Fish is Fish, A Color of His Own, and more of Leo Lionni's bestselling picture books, this 40-piece matching game will charm both children and their parents (who grew up with Lionni's books too ). Leo Lionni's Friends Matching Game works your child's memory and language skills with 40 matching pieces, featuring 20 illustrations of Swimmy, Alexander, Frederick, the Extraordinary Egg, and more characters and objects from Leo Lionni's bestselling children's books. The pieces are stacked in four piles with a bellyband inside the box so you can open it and see the sturdy pieces and bright, beloved illustrations. - Play strengthens focus, concentration, and memory skills - Builds hand-eye coordination and dexterity - Includes 40 sturdy 2 3/8" x 2 3/8" square cards with rounded corners - Ideal gift for baby showers, birthdays, Christmas, Hanukkah, and Easter

Einmalige Sonderausgabe, in der erstmals sieben der schönsten Mäusegeschichten von Leo Lionni versammelt sind! Ein besonderes Buch für alle kleinen und großen Mäusefreunde. Alle kennen Frederick, die Maus, die lieber Sonnenstrahlen, Farben und Wörter für den Winter sammelt als Nüsse, Weizen und Stroh. Frederick zeigt, wie wichtig es ist, Träume zu haben und Hoffnung. Und das zeigen auch seine Mäusefreunde und ihre Geschichten, die in diesem Band erstmals in dieser umfassenden Weise versammelt sind. Sie erzählen von Fantasie und Kunst, der Kraft der Freundschaft und von Mut. Folgende 7 Bilderbücher des berühmten Künstlers treffen hier zusammen: Frederick, Alexander und die Aufziehmaus, Die Maus mit dem grünen Schwanz, Geraldine und die Mauseflöte, Nicolas, wo warst du?, Tillie und die Mauer, Matthias und sein Traum.

Leo Lionni's Caldecott Honor-winning story about a little mouse who gathers something unusual for the long winter is turning fifty Celebrate this beloved favorite, which now includes a special introduction from noted children's book historian Leonard Marcus. Winter is coming, and all the mice are gathering food . . . except for Frederick. But when the days grow short and the snow begins to fall, it's Frederick's stories that warm the hearts and spirits of his fellow field mice. Winner of a 1967 Caldecott Honor, Frederick has been cherished by generations of readers. "A splendid achievement." --School Library Journal, starred review "In Frederick, a mouse who is a poet from the tip of his nose to the end of his tail demonstrates that a seemingly purposeless life is indeed far from that--and that we need not live by bread alone " --Eric Carle

Introducing a Spanish/English bilingual board book edition of Leo Lionni's beloved classic Elephants are gray. Pigs are pink. All animals have a color of their own--except for chameleons. They change color wherever they go This colorful tale of true friends is now available as a dual-language board book, bringing Leo Lionni's beloved story to life in both Spanish and English for the youngest child. Los elefantes son grises. Los cerdos son rosados. Todos los animales tienen su propio color, menos los camaleones. Cambian de color dondequiera que van Esta colorida historia sobre la amistad, ahora disponible en una edici n biling e, da nueva vida a esta tierna historia de Leo Lionni, para que los m s peque os puedan disfrutar tanto en espa ol como en ingl s.

"Die Geschichte von der Maus, die nicht wie die anderen für den Winter Körner und Nüsse, sondern Sonnenstrahlen, Farben und Wörter sammelt, die Träume also und die Hoffnungen." Die Welt "Ein bezauberndes Gleichnis für den Sieg der Kunst über das platte Leben." Süddeutsche Zeitung "Meine Gestalten sind Menschen in Verkleidung, und ihre kleinen Probleme und Situationen sind menschliche Probleme, menschliche Situationen." Leo Lionni

Leo Lionni's Caldecott Honor-winning story is now available as a Step 3 Step into Reading book--perfect for children who are ready to read on their own. Winter is coming, and all the mice are gathering food . . . except for Frederick. But when the days grow short and the snow begins to fall, it's Frederick's stories that warm the hearts and spirits of his fellow field mice. Lionni's enduringly popular tale makes a winning addition to the Step into Reading line, letting young children enjoy this classic all by themselves.

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.

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.

A family of field mice work day and night, gathering provisions for the coming winter. As they busily collect and store wheat, nuts and corn, they reproach Frederick for dreaming the lazy summer away. But during the long cold winter, when all their stores have been used up, Frederick proves to his friends that he has done his share. 'A mouse who is a poet from the tip of his nose to the end of his tail demonstrates that a seemingly purposeless life is indeed far from that' ERIC CARLE 'Beloved [Frederick] is about so much more than seasonality. It raises enormously relevant questions to life during a pandemic' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

The Caldecott Honor winning classic about a brave and clever little worm from beloved picture book creator Leo Lionni. A small green inchworm is proud of his skill at measuring anything--a robin's tail, a flamingo's neck, a toucan's beak. Then one day a nightingale threatens to eat him if he cannot measure his song. Children will enjoy the clever inchworm's solution and delight in finding the tiny hero on every page. Every inch the classic, this was the first of Lionni's books to win the Caldecott Honor.