Author · 1910–1999
Leo Lionni
Leo Lionni was a Dutch-Italian artist and children's writer (1910-1999). Born in Amsterdam.
Our catalogue lists 2 books by Leo Lionni, mostly fae fiction, ghost story and circus fiction. They span 1963 to 1973. The most-read is Frederick (1963).
Books by Leo Lionni
Frederick
Leo Lionni
The Greentail Mouse
Leo Lionni
Biography
Leo Lionni (May 5, 1910 – October 11, 1999) was an Italian-American writer and illustrator of children's books. Born in the Netherlands, he moved to Italy and lived there before moving to the United States in 1939, where he worked as an art director for several advertising agencies, and then for Fortune magazine. He returned to Italy in 1962 and started writing and illustrating children's books. In 1962, his book Inch by Inch was awarded the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Lionni)