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The Greentail Mouse
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The Greentail Mouse Hardcover - 2003

by Lionni, Leo

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Originally published in 1973, this offbeat retelling of the city mouse-country mouse fable is a reassuring tale about being true to oneself. The animals in the peaceful country celebrate Mardi Gras after hearing the city mouse describe the celebration. Full-color illustrations.

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Random House Children's Books. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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  • Title The Greentail Mouse
  • Author Lionni, Leo
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First EDITION
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Random House Children's Books
  • Date February 11, 2003
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 8668020-6
  • ISBN 9780375823992 / 0375823999
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.02 x 9.08 x 0.36 in (27.99 x 23.06 x 0.91 cm)
  • Ages 03 to 07 years
  • Grade levels P - 2
  • Reading level 810
  • Themes
    • Demographic Orientation: Rural
    • Event: Holiday
  • Library of Congress subjects Mice
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 73001395
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

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From the publisher

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 the Chicago Tribune, he died in 1999 at the age of 89.

First line

That very afternoon they met at the big pebble.

From the jacket flap

Originally published in 1973, this is an offbeat fable about the city mouse who visits his peaceful country cousins and tells them about Mardi Gras in the city. What fun it would be to make masks of fearsome animals and have our own Mardi Gras, think the country mice. And at first it is fun wearing their masks with sharp teeth and tusks and scaring each other, but after awhile they begin believing that they really are ferocious animals. All the mice are frightened and suspicious of each other until one mouse finds a way to make them happy to be real mice again.
Leo Lionni's winsome mice, all cousins to his beloved Frederick, 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.

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Media reviews

“A charming fable, it deserves to take its place once again with other beloved Lionni favorites.” —Children’s Literature

“The art is gorgeous.” —The Horn Book Magazine

Citations

  • Booklist, 01/01/2003, Page 907
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2003, Page 331
  • Publishers Weekly, 11/25/2002, Page 0
  • PW Notes and Reprints, 11/25/2002, Page 70

About the author

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 the Chicago Tribune, he died in 1999 at the age of 89.

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