Leo Lionni

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born

January 01, 1910 in Netherlands

died

January 01, 1999

gender

male

website

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genre

Children's Books

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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.

Leo Lionni has gained international renown for his paintings, graphic designs, illustrations, and sculpture, as well as for his books for children. He was born in Holland in 1910 of Dutch parents, and although his education did not include formal art courses (in fact, he has a doctorate in economics from the University of Genoa), he spent much of his free time as a child in Amsterda...more

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Average rating: 4.07 · 17,202 ratings · 1,140 reviews · 72 distinct works

	Frédéric 4.14 avg rating — 4,418 ratings — published 1967 — 28 editions	My rating:
	Swimmy 4.07 avg rating — 3,732 ratings — published 1963 — 16 editions	My rating:
	A Color of His Own 4.15 avg rating — 3,512 ratings — published 1976 — 22 editions	My rating:
	Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse 4.11 avg rating — 1,254 ratings — published 1969 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Little Blue and Little Yellow 4.02 avg rating — 985 ratings — published 1959 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Inch by Inch 3.90 avg rating — 980 ratings — published 1960 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Fish is Fish 3.93 avg rating — 384 ratings — published 1970 — 10 editions	My rating:
	An Extraordinary Egg 4.03 avg rating — 242 ratings — published 1948 — 12 editions	My rating:
	It's Mine! 3.87 avg rating — 226 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Alphabet Tree 3.73 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 1968 — 6 editions	My rating:

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“I believe that a good children's book should appeal to all people who have not completely lost their original joy and wonder in life. The fact is that I don't make books for children at all. I make them for that part of us, of myself and of my friends, which has never changed, which is still a child.”
― Leo Lionni

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“Don't eat me. I am an inchworm. I am useful. I measure things.”
― Leo Lionni, Inch by Inch

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