books by Leo Lionni     books:     Leo Lionni      Frederick Leo Lionni Dragonfly Books, 1973 An ALA Caldecott Honor Book This is such a sweet book, and the back has a little craft to make a mouse - my daughter loves it.             An Extraordinary Egg Dragonfly Books, 1998 An EXTRAORDINARY book for children! "An Extraordinary Egg" is a beginning reader picture book about three sister frogs that live on an island. One of the frogs, Jessica, finds an egg in some stones and brings it home. The three sister frogs believe it is a chicken egg, even though none of them has ever ...             Little Blue and Little Yellow HarperCollins, 1995 Simple and Wonderful! I love this book! It's so simple, perfect for reading to young kids with fairly short attention spans, and the pages are so uncluttered that the point really gets across---two main points, actually---that blue and yellow make green, and that color is just on the ...             Inch by Inch HarperCollins, 1995 Inching Along! This Caldecott Honor Book is easy listening for the early child and the young child as a new schoolyear begins. An industrious inch worm is the main character. He engages himself with measuring a variety of birds and lastly outwits the hungry nightingale using his ...             A Color of His Own Leo Lionni Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2006 Highly recommended, both by me and my daughter Very simple story of the search for self-identity and how it relates to friendship. Interesting water-color artwork and a clear, effective storyline make this a quick, five-minute read for an adult to his or her child.             It's Mine! Leo Lionni Dragonfly Books, 1996 A Christological Fable On the surface, this is a simple and sweet tale of three frogs who learn how to share. But as a student of theology and of literature, I must share my insights into this amazing children's book. On a deeper level, this is a Christological parable and a history of ...             Matthew's Dream Leo Lionni Dragonfly Books, 1995 An inspiring read for ages two and up Although the subject matter of this book initially appeared to be for an older child, it is clear that the text and illustrations appeal as strongly to the younger set. Ever since learning of Matthew the Mouse's determination to become a painter (in contravention of ...             Swimmy (Knopf Children's Paperbacks) Leo Lionni Dragonfly Books, 1973 A Lovely Aquatic Adventure This classic, celebrated picture book is a fantastic achievement in children's literature. Notable for its beautiful aquatic watercolor paintings and graceful prose, the story of an exceptional little fish's communal tragedy, adventures and ultimate triumph are ...             Frederick and His Friends: Four Favorite Fables (Treasured Gifts for the Holidays) Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2002 Great 4 Stories of Leo Lionni All in One Book This book has 4 great stories of Leo Lionni: Fredrick, Swimmy, Fish is Fish, & Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse, and it comes with a audio CD of all these 4 stories. Also these stories have all original pictures without being ommitted. (Not like "Fredrick's Fables: A ...             Artist to Artist: 23 Major Illustrators Talk to Children About Their Art Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Philomel, 2007 A must for young and old I love this book. I had gotten it with my children in mind but being an artist myself, found great joy in reading it.             Frederick Leo Lionni Beltz GmbH, Julius, 2006 beautifully written and beautifully illustrated Have you noticed that all of Leo Leonni's books are about small animals and illustrated from the point of view of those small animals? This could be because children see high windows, high doorknobs, and high furnture, and Lionni empathizes with their plight. Every ...             The Alphabet Tree Leo Lionni Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2004 The Alphabet Tree The Alphabet Tree is a wonderful spring board book to help emergent readers understand the importance of putting letters together to create words. I have used this book as an addition to other ABC books at the beginning of the school year for 1st grade children. They ...             Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse Leo Lionni Dragonfly Books, 1974 So sweet My son's grandma recently brought this book home from the library and we fell in love with it. It is a sweet and magical story about friendship. It was written in 1969 so I am glad to hear they have reissued it. My son is 3 and just loves it. The illustrations and ...             On My Beach There Are Many Pebbles HarperCollins, 1995 May all our beaches have many pebbles! This book is supposed to be a children's book, but I think it's appeal is far reaching. I read this book as a child and as an adult, I still turn to this book for fun and comfort. In fact, I keep a (well-worn) copy in our guest cottage -as we live right by the ...             Let's Play Leo Lionni Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2003 Great familiar objects for nearly-talking toddlers My son loves the objects in the book. Many of the objects are familiar to his (shoe, ball, flower, mouse, etc), so they reinforce the words he is trying to speak. Great for age 18 months - 2.5 years, perhaps older(?) Just a fun book that encourages exploring the ...          products you might be interested in search for books alexander, extraordinary, frederick, illustrators, paperbacks, treasured      geepe.com    web we recommend So sweet randomly chosen book: Boer Commando 1876-1902 (Warrior)