Caldecott Medalist Leo Lionni's classic tale about three childlike frogs wholearn a valuable lesson about cooperation is now available in paperback. 'Thisstory of selfishness on the pond, carried out in beautifully simple collagesand...

Illus. in full color. Unlike other crocodiles, Cornelius walks upright, seesthings, and does tricks no other crocodile can. His friends aren'timpressed--or are they? 'Endearingly captures the spirit of the seeker, thethinker, and thos...

Illus. in full color. A modern fable of a minnow who wants to follow his tadpole friend--who becomes a frog--onto land.

Two best friends, a minnow and a tadpole, are practically inseparable until the tadpole grows legs and decides to explore the world beyond the pond. When the tadpole, now a frog, returns to tell his friend of the extraordinary things ...

Illus. in full color. "Lionni's inquisitive, clever mice prove once more the value of the fable as a storytelling device, especially when it is simply told and beautifully illustrated. Confined to a meadow behind a high wall, Til...

Now in Dragonfly comes the tale of three colorful frogs. One finds a pebble.Another declares it a chicken egg. But what happens when a baby alligatorhatches instead? 'Kids will giggle at the frogs' repeated references to thefriendly n...

Illus. in full color. The letters on an alphabet tree, torn and tossed bythe wind, find strength in banding together to form words. Then a clevercaterpillar teaches the letters to become even stronger by forming sentenceswith a messag...

All Tico the wingless bird wants is a pair of golden wings to carry him up over the mountaintops. But when Tico's wish is granted, none of his friends will talk to him. What's so wrong with being different? Tico wonders all alone. One...

One of Lionni's familiar-looking mice lives in a junk-strewn attic. WhenMatthew visits an art gallery, he is entranced. That night Matthew dreams aboutwalking hand in hand through 'playful patches of color.' He awakens, hisinspiration...

Illus. in full color. A young snail realizes that a big house might be a disaster for him.

Here is a Leo Lionni book for the very youngest! "What shall we do today?" two mice ask each other. "Read a book? Pick flowers? Go swimming? Play ball? Climb a tree or gather leaves? Play hide-and-seek or dress-up? Talk...

Pezzettino lives in a world in which everyone is big and does daring and wonderful things. But he is small, just a “little piece,” which is the meaning of pezzettino in Italian. “I must be a piece of somebody. I must belong to s...

Leo Lionni's spirited story about a minnow and a tadpole is now available as a Step 3 Step into Reading book—perfect for children who are ready to read on their own!

Leo Lionni’s Caldecott Honor–winning story is now available as a Step 3 Step into Reading book—perfect for children who are ready to read on their own.  Winter is coming, and all the mice are gathering food . . . except for Fre...

Leo Lionni’s Caldecott Honor–winning story about a little mouse who gathers something unusual for the long winter is turning fifty! Celebrate this beloved favorite, which now includes a special introduction from noted children’s...

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. &qu...

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 b...

"Let's, make rabbits," say the scissors to the pencil, and, before the reader's eyes, two rabbits appear—one drawn by the pencil, the other cut from brightly patterned paper by the scissors. When the rabbits are hungry, th...

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 sa...

When the young mouse Nicolas sets out across the great meadow alone in search of ripe red berries, he is grabbed up by the claws of a huge bird and carried high into the sky. But that is only the beginning of Nicolas's adventure. How ...

Pezzettino lives in a world in which everyone is big and does daring and wonderful things. But he is small, just a "little piece," which is the meaning of pezzettino in Italian. "I must be a piece of somebody. I must be...