Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse

(Caldecott Honor Book)

By Leo Lionni
(Dragonfly Books, Paperback, 9780394829111, 32pp.)

Publication Date: September 12, 1974

Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover, Library Binding

Categories: Animals - Mice Hamsters Guinea Pigs etc., Legends, Myths, & Fables - Other, Social Issues - Friendship

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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.

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"A delicate fantasy about friendship, illustrated with bold, sumptuous collages." —The New York Times

"Eye-catching, boldly colored collages illustrate this classic 'grass is always greener' story in which a live mouse is envious of his mechanical counterpart." —Booklist