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Leo Lionni

Leo Lionni wrote and illustrated more than 40 highly acclaimed children’s books. He received the 1984 American Institute of Graphic Arts Gold Medal and was a four-time Caldecott Honor Winner—for Inch by Inch, Frederick, Swimmy, and Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse. Leo Lionni died in October of 1999 at his home in Tuscany, Italy, at the age of 89.
Swimmy
A Color of His Own with Color Wheel
A Little Book About Food
Mouse Seasons
A Little Book About Winter
Vamos a jugar (Let's Play, Spanish-English Bilingual Edition)
Pequeño azul y pequeño amarillo (Little Blue and Little Yellow, Spanish-English Bilingual Edition)
Where Are Swimmy's Friends?
A Busy Year
Leo Lionni's Friends Go Fish Card Game
Leo Lionni's Friends Matching Game
A Little Book About Colors (Leo Lionni's Friends)
A Little Book About Spring (Leo Lionni's Friends)
A Little Book About ABCs (Leo Lionni's Friends)
Inch by Inch
Frederick
Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse
Swimmy
Little Blue and Little Yellow
Fish is Fish
Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse (Step Into Reading, Step 3)
Frederick (Step Into Reading, Step 3)
Where?
Who?
What?
The Greentail Mouse
Pezzettino
Six Crows
Nicolas, Where Have You Been?
Geraldine, The Music Mouse
A Color of His Own
Let's Play
An Extraordinary Egg
It's Mine!
Matthew's Dream
Cornelius

Books

Swimmy
A Color of His Own with Color Wheel
A Little Book About Food
Mouse Seasons
A Little Book About Winter
Vamos a jugar (Let's Play, Spanish-English Bilingual Edition)
Pequeño azul y pequeño amarillo (Little Blue and Little Yellow, Spanish-English Bilingual Edition)
Where Are Swimmy's Friends?
A Busy Year
Leo Lionni's Friends Go Fish Card Game
Leo Lionni's Friends Matching Game
A Little Book About Colors (Leo Lionni's Friends)
A Little Book About Spring (Leo Lionni's Friends)
A Little Book About ABCs (Leo Lionni's Friends)
Inch by Inch
Frederick
Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse
Swimmy
Little Blue and Little Yellow
Fish is Fish
Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse (Step Into Reading, Step 3)
Frederick (Step Into Reading, Step 3)
Where?
Who?
What?
The Greentail Mouse
Pezzettino
Six Crows
Nicolas, Where Have You Been?
Geraldine, The Music Mouse
A Color of His Own
Let's Play
An Extraordinary Egg
It's Mine!
Matthew's Dream
Cornelius

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