Un tempo esisteva l'albero Alfabeto dove sulle foglie vivevano le lettere. Un giorno arrivò una tempesta che spazzò via alcune lettere. La paura fu così tanta che le lettere sopravvissute si nascosero tutte insieme tra i rami più bassi dell'albero... Età di lettura: da 4 anni.

Una lumachina dichiara a suo papà che da grande avrà la casa più grande del mondo. E il suo papà le racconta la storia di una lumaca che aveva il suo stesso desiderio e che alla fine, a furia di spingere e desiderare e sforzarsi, riuscì ad ottenere un guscio enorme, colorato e bellissimo. Davvero la casa più grande del mondo... Peccato che poi non riuscì più a muoversi: la sua bellissima e grandissima casa era troppo pesante! La lumachina dà ascolto al padre e decide di avere da grande la casa più piccola del mondo. Così leggera che può spostarla in giro per il mondo! Età di lettura: da 4 anni.

Età di lettura: da 4 anni.

Leo Lionni’s popular story about an alligator who gets confused with a chicken is now available as a Step 3 Step into Reading book—perfect for children who are ready to read on their own.

A spirited story about a minnow and a tadpole is now available as a Step 3, Step Into Reading book that is perfect for children who are ready to read on their own. Simultaneous.

A spirited story about a minnow and a tadpole is now available as a Step 3, Step Into Reading book that is perfect for children who are ready to read on their own. Simultaneous.

Un classico della letteratura per ragazzi in edizione speciale con CD. La voce di Anna Bonaiuto interpreta l'opera di Leo Lionni e dialoga con le musiche di Robert Schumann in un viaggio in cui parole, suoni, ritmi e colori si mescolano dando vita a un percorso poetico. Età di lettura: da 3 anni.

SWIMMY - LIONNI LEO - Random UK

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 Frederick. But when the days grow short and the snow begins to fall, it’s Frederick’s stories that warm the hearts and spirits of his fellow field mice. Lionni’s enduringly popular tale makes a winning addition to the Step into Reading line, letting young children enjoy this classic all by themselves.

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 Frederick. But when the days grow short and the snow begins to fall, it’s Frederick’s stories that warm the hearts and spirits of his fellow field mice. Lionni’s enduringly popular tale makes a winning addition to the Step into Reading line, letting young children enjoy this classic all by themselves.

Leo Lionni’s Caldecott Honor–winning story about the magic of friendship is now available as a Step 3 Step into Reading book—perfect for children who are ready to read on their own.

Everyone loves Willy the wind-up mouse, while Alexander the real mouse is chased away with brooms and mousetraps. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be loved and cuddled? thinks Alexander, who wishes he could be a wind-up mouse, too. Lionni’s enduringly popular story makes a winning addition to the Step into Reading line, letting young children enjoy this classic all by themselves.

MATTHEW'S DREAM - LIONNI LEO - Random UK

È la storia di un rivoluzionario, l'autobiografia di Leo Lionni: una sequela di 'capriole cosmiche', come scrive lui stesso. Questo artista poliedrico ha sperimentato le più diverse forme espressive - grafica pubblicitaria, design, pittura, scultura, illustrazione per l'infanzia, scrittura -, spinto dal bisogno di esplorare le potenzialità narrative delle immagini e del loro intreccio con le parole. Un intento sovversivo che ha mostrato tutta la sua forza dirompente nei libri per bambini, a cominciare da 'piccolo blu' e 'piccolo giallo' (1959), vero e proprio spartiacque nel genere, non solo dal punto di vista formale. 'Si dice che per scrivere per i bambini devi essere il bambino, mentre è vero l'opposto. Scrivendo per i bambini, bisogna fare un passo indietro e guardare al bambino dalla prospettiva di un adulto'. I bambini reclamano attenzione e serietà, e soprattutto pensiero e tensione ideale. Ad animare ogni scelta di Lionni è infatti un forte senso di responsabilità, cui richiama tutti gli artisti e in primo luogo se stesso. 'Sono un pittore che fa anche grafica e scultura', si definisce, e aggiunge: 'scrivere è un'altra storia'. E tuttavia Lionni si rivela anche scrittore eccezionale. 'Tra i miei mondi' è il racconto, gioioso e amaro, commovente e ironico, di una vita lunga e affascinante.

From squirrels to turtles to prickly porcupines, Leo Lionni's signature illustration style and a toddler-friendly text ask a simple question: Who is the animal on each page? One of four board books that celebrates the art and imagination of Leo Lionni, this book is a perfect introduction to identifying animals for busy toddlers, as well as a wonderful stepping stone into the world of one of our best-loved children's book creators.

From a ringing telephone to a pair of eyeglasses to a wedge of cheese, Leo Lionni's signature illustration style and a toddler-friendly text ask a simple question: What is the object on this page? One of four board books that celebrates the art and imagination of Leo Lionni, this is a perfect introduction to an early learning concept for busy toddlers, as well as a wonderful stepping stone into the world of one of our best-loved children's book creators.

From high up in a tree, to inside a shoe and outside of a mouse hole, Leo Lionni's signature illustration style and a toddler-friendly text ask a simple question: Where is the mouse on each page? One of four board books that celebrates the art and imagination of Leo Lionni, this book is a perfect introduction to an early learning concept for busy toddlers, as well as a wonderful stepping stone into the world of one of our best-loved children's book creators.

From sunup to sundown, winter through fall, Leo Lionni's signature illustration style and a toddler-friendly text ask a simple question: When is time of day/season? One of four board books that celebrates the art and imagination of Leo Lionni, this book is a perfect introduction to the concepts of time and seasons for busy toddlers, as well as a wonderful stepping stone into the world of one of our best-loved children's book creators.

ALEXANDER AND THE WIND-UP MOUS - LIONNI LEO - Random UK

Deep in the sea lives a happy school of fish. Their watery world is full of wonders, but there is also danger, and the little fish are afraid to come out of hiding . . . until Swimmy comes along. Swimmy shows his friends how—with ingenuity and team work—they can overcome any danger.

Winner of the 1964 Caldecott Honor, this beloved tale of a brave little fish has been a favorite to generations of readers. To celebrate Swimmy's fiftieth anniversary, we are issuing a handsome special edition hardcover that includes a bonus poster.

Deep in the sea lives a happy school of fish. Their watery world is full of wonders, but there is also danger, and the little fish are afraid to come out of hiding . . . until Swimmy comes along. Swimmy shows his friends how—with ingenuity and team work—they can overcome any danger.

Winner of the 1964 Caldecott Honor, this beloved tale of a brave little fish has been a favorite to generations of readers. To celebrate Swimmy's fiftieth anniversary, we are issuing a handsome special edition hardcover that includes a bonus poster.

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. Reissued in hardcover in 2003, it now makes its debut in Dragonfly paperback.

Un tempo esisteva l'albero Alfabeto dove sulle foglie vivevano le lettere. Un giorno arrivò una tempesta che spazzò via alcune lettere. La paura fu così tanta che le lettere sopravvissute si nascosero tutte insieme tra i rami più bassi dell'albero... Età di lettura: da 4 anni.

Guizzino era l'unico pesciolino nero in mezzo ad un branco di pesci rossi. Un giorno un grosso pesce famelico divorò il branco, solo Guizzino riuscì a scappare. E cominciò a vagare per i mari scoprendo la bellezza dei fondali marini e dei suoi abitanti. S'imbatté così in un altro branco di pesci rossi, che viveva nascosto tra gli scogli per paura dei grossi pesci. Guizzino, con un trucco, ricompattò il gruppo e tutti insieme sfidarono l'ira e il terrore dei pesci prepotenti, riconquistando la libertà. Età di lettura: da 4 anni.

Pezzettino è in cerca della propria identità. È talmente piccolino, infatti, confronto ai suoi amici - tutti grandi e grossi, capaci di volare, nuotare, arrampicarsi - che si convince di essere un pezzetto di qualcun'altro. Così comincia una ricerca che, alla fine, lo porterà a esclamare al colmo dello stupore e della felicità: 'Io sono me stesso!'. Età di lettura: da 5 anni.

This was the first of four Caldecott Honor Books by Leo Lionni. Published in 1960 and virtually out of print in hardcover for decades, Knopf acquired the hardcover rights from the original publisher just in time to showcase Lionni's 100th anniversary celebration in 2010 and the book's 50th anniversary. The bold graphics and beautiful cutout paper collages of colorful birds, foliage, and the clever green inch worm are as fresh and appealing as ever, and should appeal to a whole new audience in this accessible board book format.

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 someone else,” he thinks. How Pezzettino learns that he belongs to no one but himself is the joyous and satisfying conclusion to this beautiful mosaic style picture book.


From the Hardcover edition.