The Greentail Mouse

Leo Lionni

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Dragonfly Books
11 February 2003

Picture storybooks; Animal stories (Children's&YA); Personal & social issues

The beloved fable from four-time Caldecott Honor winner Leo Lionni!

Originally published in 1973, this is the offbeat fable of a city mouse who visits his peaceful country cousins and tells them about Mardi Gras in the city. The country mice are inspired to have their own Mardi Gras. And at first it is fun wearing their masks with sharp teeth and tusks and scaring each other, but after a while they begin believing that they really are ferocious animals.

Leo Lionni's winsome mice cavort across big double-page spreads of oil paintings and tell a story about what is real and what is not that is just right for preschoolers.

By: Leo Lionni
Imprint: Dragonfly Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 281mm, Width: 232mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 397g
ISBN: 9780375823992
ISBN 10: 0375823999
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 11 February 2003
Recommended Age: From 3 to 7 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for The Greentail Mouse

A charming fable, it deserves to take its place once again with other beloved Lionni favorites. -- Children's Literature The art is gorgeous. -- The Horn Book Magazine