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Leo Lionni was born in Amsterdam on May 5, 1910. He attended the University of Zurich and also earned a doctorate in Economics from the University of Genoa in 1935. He taught himself to draw by visiting museums. After marrying Nora Maffi in 1931, Lionni moved to Milan, Italy, where he became known as a painter. In 1939 he moved to Philadelphia and began working in advertising design. Lionni held several positions in the artistic field including artistic director and design director. He also served as president of the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Around 1960 Lionni moved back to Italy. His first of over forty children's books was Little Blue and Little Yellow. Other titles include Inch by Inch, Frederick, Swimmy, and Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse, all of which won a Caldecott Honor. In addition, he received the American Institute of Graphic Arts Gold Medal in 1984. Lionni died on October 11, 1999 at his home in Tuscany, Italy at the age of 89. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Swimmy… (more)
Swimmy 6,231 copies, 182 reviews
Frederick 5,282 copies, 243 reviews
A Color of His Own 4,685 copies, 167 reviews
Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse 4,224 copies, 116 reviews
Inch by Inch 3,341 copies, 130 reviews
Fish is Fish 3,151 copies, 98 reviews
It's Mine! 2,562 copies, 79 reviews
Little Blue and Little Yellow 2,367 copies, 86 reviews
An Extraordinary Egg 1,647 copies, 48 reviews
The Alphabet Tree 1,199 copies, 49 reviews
A Busy Year 1,194 copies, 34 reviews
Matthew's Dream 760 copies, 36 reviews
Tico and the Golden Wings 726 copies, 38 reviews
Six Crows 681 copies, 18 reviews
The Biggest House in the World 667 copies, 23 reviews
Cornelius 607 copies, 23 reviews
Mr. McMouse 372 copies, 17 reviews
Tillie and the Wall 371 copies, 7 reviews
A Flea Story 336 copies, 11 reviews
Pezzettino 323 copies, 14 reviews
Frederick's Fables : A Treasury of 16 Favorite Leo Lionni Stories (Introduction, some editions) 299 copies, 9 reviews
Let's Make Rabbits 205 copies, 10 reviews
Geraldine, the Music Mouse 193 copies, 9 reviews
Nicolas, Where Have You Been? 164 copies, 12 reviews
The Greentail Mouse 156 copies, 9 reviews
Theodore and the Talking Mushroom 128 copies, 7 reviews
Parallel Botany 73 copies, 1 review
In the Rabbit Garden 68 copies, 8 reviews
Let's Play 64 copies, 1 review
Where? 40 copies, 1 review
A Little Book About Spring 32 copies, 2 reviews
Colors, Numbers, Letters 30 copies, 3 reviews
When? 28 copies, 1 review
What? 26 copies
A Little Book About ABCs 24 copies, 4 reviews
Mouse Days: A Book of Seasons 23 copies, 1 review
Who? 22 copies
Mouse Seasons 18 copies
A Little Book About Colors 18 copies, 3 reviews
Colors 9 copies
Numbers 8 copies
Letters 2 copies
Leo Leonni 1 copy
Printemps 1 copy
The Stranger (Cover designer, some editions) 33,655 copies, 481 reviews
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays (Cover artist, some editions) 6,378 copies, 37 reviews
St. Mawr & The Man Who Died (Cover designer, some editions) 362 copies, 3 reviews
Poems (Cover designer, some editions) 300 copies
The Myth of the State (Cover designer, some editions) 279 copies, 3 reviews
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