![]() ![]() Happy to have found a friend, Alexander invites Willy on a crumb hunt, but Willy can only move when he He's wound and played with, cuddled, even slept with. Willy tells Alexander of his pampered existence as a favorite toy. One day, when no one is home, he sneaks out and discovers a mechanical toy mouse in Annie's room, complete with wind-up key and wheels instead of legs. ![]() Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse is one of those that earned him a Caldecott Honor, and it is a testament to both Lionni's art and his ability to deliver a gentle message through story.Īlexander the mouse's ongoing quest for the occasional crumb is a difficult and lonely one - every time he's seen, screams ensue, silverware is flung at him, and he is chased back to his hole with a menacing broom. ![]() Author of over forty titles when he died in 1999 at 89 years old, Lionni was awarded the Caldecott Honor for four books, every one of them well-deserved. The late, great Leo Lionni is one of the towering heroes of children's picture books. ![]() Little Blue and Little Yellow (50th Anniversary Edition) A Color of His Own (Spanish-English bilingual edition) ![]()
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