Word: lionni
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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ALEXANDER AND THE WIND-UP MOUSE, by Leo Lionni (Pantheon; $3.95). A toybox parable for an automated age tells how a real mouse named Alexander yearns to be like his wind-up friend Willie-until he learns that children are fickle and mechanical toys grow obsolete...
...ALPHABET TREE, by Leo Lionni (Pantheon; $3.95), is tops on the list of picture books that teach as well as amuse. The letters, coached by a word bug and a purple caterpillar, cling to the tree and to one another to say "something important-peace...
FREDERICK by Leo Lionni (Pantheon; $3.50). A twist on the standard story of wise little animals storing away food for the winter ahead. Frederick, a field mouse, sits through the summer, collecting sun rays, colors and words while his friends gather grain. In the middle of winter, when his friends' food is exhausted, Frederick's warm colors and bright words make them forget their hunger. "Frederick," they acknowledge, "you are a poet...