Leo Lionni's Caldecott Honor-winning story about a little mouse who gathers something unusual for the long winter is celebrating its fiftieth birthday!
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 theChicago Tribune,he died in 1999 at the age of 89.
"A splendid achievement." —School Library Journal (Starred
Review)
“In Frederick, a mouse who is a poet from the tip of his nose to
the end of his tail demonstrates that a seemingly purposeless life
is indeed far from that—and that we need not live by bread
alone!”—Eric Carle, author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar
“When dreary winter comes, it is Frederick the poet-mouse who warms
his friends and cheers them with his words.” —Wilson Library
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