LEO LIONNI wrote and illustrated more than 40 picture books, including four Caldecott Honor Books-Inch by Inch, Swimmy, Frederick, and Alexander the Wind-Up Mouse. He died in 1999 at the age of 89.
-First published in 1975 and out of print for many years, Pezzettino, by the late legendary children's book author and artist Lionni, returns to charm a new generation of kids.- --Child Magazine