Author & Illustrator

Leo Lionni

Biography

Leo Lionni, an internationally known designer, illustrator, and graphic artist, was born in Holland and lived in Italy until he came to the United States in 1939. He was the recipient of the 1984 American Institute of Graphic Arts Gold Medal and was honored posthumously in 2007 with the Society of Illustrators’ Lifetime Achievement Award. His picture books are distinguished by their enduring moral themes, graphic simplicity and brilliant use of collage, and include four Caldecott Honor Books: Inch by Inch, Frederick, Swimmy, and Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse. Hailed as “a master of the simple fable” by the Chicago Tribune, he died in 1999 at the age of 89.

A Little Book about Food
Mouse Seasons
A Little Book About Colors
A Little Book about ABCs
A Little Book about Spring
Frederick
Six Crows
Inch by Inch
Little Blue and Little Yellow
Fish is Fish
A Color of His Own

Most Popular Leo Lionni Books

    picture • 32 Pages
    Swimmy
    Leo Lionni
    picture • 40 Pages
    Frederick
    Leo Lionni
    board • 30 Pages
    A Color of His Own
    Leo Lionni
    picture • 32 Pages
    Mouse Seasons
    Leo Lionni
    board • 28 Pages
    A Little Book about Food
    Leo Lionni
    picture • 32 Pages
    Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse
    Leo Lionni

Book Stats

15
Authored
8
Illustrated
2
Collaborators

All Leo Lionni Books

Board book
$8.99$8.58
picture • 32 Pages
Mouse Seasons
Hardcover
$17.99$16.73
board • 28 Pages
A Little Book About Colors
4.5
Series
Board book
$8.99$8.58
board • 28 Pages
A Little Book about ABCs
Board book
$8.99$8.58
board • 28 Pages
A Little Book about Spring
4.6
Series
Board book
$8.99$8.58
picture • 40 Pages
Frederick
Paperback
$8.99$8.58
picture • 32 Pages
Six Crows
3.5
Hardcover
$17.99$16.97
picture • 28 Pages
Inch by Inch
4.3
Hardcover
$18.99$17.97
picture • 48 Pages
Little Blue and Little Yellow
2.8
Hardcover
$16.99$15.97
picture • 40 Pages
Fish is Fish
4.5
Hardcover
$17.99$16.97
board • 30 Pages
A Color of His Own
4.5
Board book
$7.99$7.59
picture • 32 Pages
It's Mine!
Prebound-Sewn
$20.40$19.38
picture • 32 Pages
Matthew's Dream
Paperback
$7.99$7.59
picture • 40 Pages
Extraordinary Egg
Hardcover
$17.99$16.97
picture • 32 Pages
Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse
5.0
Hardcover
$17.99$16.73
picture • 32 Pages
Swimmy
4.8
Hardcover
$17.99$17.97

Collaborators

Julie Hamilton
Jan Gerardi

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