Geraldine, The Music Mouse

Geraldine, The Music Mouse
Author: Leo Lionni
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2009-10-13
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0375855149

The cheerful celebration of art, music, and cheese from beloved four-time Caldecott Honor-winner Leo Lionni. While nibbling at a huge hunk of parmesan cheese, Geraldine uncovers a cheese statue of a mouse playing what seems to be a flute but on closer inspection is really its tail. That night Geraldine is woken by silver and gold sounds. “This must be music!” she says. And every night the cheese mouse fills Geraldine’s hideaway with beautiful music. Then one day her hungry mice friends ask her to share her cheese with them. Geraldine’s new love of music infuses her with a magic of her own and provides a satisfying conclusion to this delightful tale.

Little Blue and Little Yellow

Little Blue and Little Yellow
Author: Leo Lionni
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
Total Pages: 49
Release: 2017-01-17
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0399555536

Beloved picture book creator and four-time Caldecott Honor-winner Leo Lionni's very first story for children, and a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year. Little Blue and Little Yellow are best friends, but one day they can’t find each other. When they finally do, they give each other such a big hug that they turn green! How they find their true colors again concludes a wonderfully satisfying story told with colorful pieces of torn paper and very few words. Leo Lionni launched his children’s book career in 1959 with Little Blue and Little Yellow, and this 50th-anniversary edition, complete with Lionni’s own explanation of how the book came to be, is sure to resonate with children today.

A Color of His Own

A Color of His Own
Author: Leo Lionni
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2011-09-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 030797426X

Elephants are gray. Pigs are pink. Only the chameleon has no color of his own. He is purple like the heather, yellow like a lemon, even black and orange striped like a tiger! Then one day a chameleon has an idea to remain one color forever by staying on the greenest leaf he can find. But in the autumn, the leaf changes from green to yellow to red . . . and so does the chameleon. When another chameleon suggests they travel together, he learns that companionship is more important than having a color of his own. No matter where he goes with his new friend, they will always be alike. Now available as an eBook.

Swimmy

Swimmy
Author: Leo Lionni
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
Total Pages: 34
Release: 1973
Genre: Cooperation
ISBN: 0394826205

Swimmy, a small black fish, finds a way to protect a school of small red fish from their natural enemies.

Tillie and the Wall

Tillie and the Wall
Author: Leo Lionni
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2014-01-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0394821556

A timeless fable about unity and breaking down barriers, from four-time Caldecott Honor-winner Leo Lionni. All her life Tillie the mouse has wondered what lies on the other side of the wall. Imagining all sorts of fantastic possibilities, she digs a tunnel to get to the other side, where she discovers . . . other mice, just like her! Together, Tillie and her friends work to bring down the wall and unite mouse-kind. Written just before the fall of the Berlin wall, this seemingly simple fable has a powerful message for all children—and all people.

Inch by Inch

Inch by Inch
Author: Leo Lionni
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2018-03-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1524766143

The Caldecott Honor winning classic about a brave and clever little worm from beloved picture book creator Leo Lionni. A small green inchworm is proud of his skill at measuring anything—a robin’s tail, a flamingo’s neck, a toucan’s beak. Then one day a nightingale threatens to eat him if he cannot measure his song. Children will enjoy the clever inchworm’s solution and delight in finding the tiny hero on every page. Every inch the classic, this was the first of Lionni’s books to win the Caldecott Honor.

Roly Poly Pangolin

Roly Poly Pangolin
Author: Anna Dewdney
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Pangolins
ISBN: 9780670013937

Roly Poly, a pangolin, is shy and afraid of new things until he discovers that some new experiences are not bad at all. Includes facts about pangolins, an endangered species.

Who?

Who?
Author: Leo Lionni
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-01-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0385754051

From squirrels to turtles to prickly porcupines, Leo Lionni's signature illustration style and a toddler-friendly text ask a simple question: Who is the animal on each page? One of four board books that celebrates the art and imagination of Leo Lionni, this book is a perfect introduction to identifying animals for busy toddlers, as well as a wonderful stepping stone into the world of one of our best-loved children's book creators.

Mr. McMouse

Mr. McMouse
Author: Leo Lionni
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1992
Genre: Identity (Philosophical concept)
ISBN: 9780679838906

Overnight, city mouse Timothy becomes a little man. And when he runs away to the country, the other mice are not so sure he's really one of them--until Timothy rescues the others from a hungry cat. A masterly blend of fable and collage from the bestselling author of Frederick and Swimmy. Full-color illustrations.

It's Mine!

It's Mine!
Author: Leo Lionni
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996-03-19
Genre: Children's stories, American
ISBN: 9780785790587

Three selfish frogs quarrel over who owns their pond and island, until a storm makes them value the benefits of sharing.