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an image of a book with animals on it's cover and in the background is a cactus

Discover this hands-on approach to adding archetypes to your strategic and creative toolkit. Parallels between the life of Leo Lionni, graphic designer and co-editor of PRINT magazine from 1955-1956, and the picture books he created. Left: Tillie and the Wall, by Leo Lionni (Amazon) Right: Cover of PRINT magazine, “Italian issue” by Leo Lionni (Print) I believe that a good children’s book should appeal to all people who have not completely lost their original joy and wonder i

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an open book with pictures of birds and plants

Leo Lionni's Caldecott Award winning book, 'Inch by Inch' is a story about an inchworm who avoids being gobbled up by a hungry robin by offering to measure things for the bird. This book is great for grades K-2 and ties in perfectly to any lesson on measurement. #caldecott #leolionni

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a pencil drawing of a table and two human like objects, one on top of the other

Leo Lionni (1910-1999) is best known as the author and illustrator of forty children's picture books including the Caldecott Honor recipients Inch By Inch (1961), Swimmy (1964), Frederick (1968), and Alexander And The Wind-Up Mouse (1970). In addition to his children's work, Lionni worked in advertising, was the art director of Fortune magazine for twelve years, and was a well regarded painter and sculptor. Parallel Botany (1977) is his only book length fiction for adults. For more…

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a drawing of a tree with swirls on it's trunk and branches in the middle

Leo Lionni (1910-1999) is best known as the author and illustrator of forty children's picture books including the Caldecott Honor recipients Inch By Inch (1961), Swimmy (1964), Frederick (1968), and Alexander And The Wind-Up Mouse (1970). In addition to his children's work, Lionni worked in advertising, was the art director of Fortune magazine for twelve years, and was a well regarded painter and sculptor. Parallel Botany (1977) is his only book length fiction for adults. For more…

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an illustration of a tiger on a leaf with another animal in the background and japanese text above it

Every animal has a color of its own. "Parrots are green, elephants are gray, pigs are pink." But chameleons change color wherever they go. "On lemons they are yellow. In the heather they are purple." One chameleon is not pleased with his changeable appearance. He thinks, "If I remain on a leaf, I shall be green forever, and so I too will have a color of my own." Of course, what he doesn't take into account is the changes wrought by autumn, and soon the green chameleon is yellow, then red…

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a drawing of an elephant and a fish holding each other's tails while standing next to each other

I am temporarily without my scanner. We changed our service provider and need to get our computer room put back together. In the meantime let me entertain you with some fish. Random? You bet. To view a post on Brian Wildsmith's Fishes from last February, click here. To view a post I did on the Golden Treasury of Poetry illustrated by Joan Anglund Walsh, click here. Vintage Printable I don't think whales are considered fish, but hey, they live in the water and have tails and fins. Check this…

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