Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni, Leo Lionni (Illustrator)
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(Paperback - Reprint)
- Age Range: For infants or children in preschool
- Pub. Date: September 1995
- 32pp
- Sales Rank: 12,621
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- ISBN-13: 9780688132835
- ISBN: 0688132839
- Edition Number: 1
- Edition Description: Reprint
Synopsis
In this classic book, a winsome, winning inchworm is proud of his ability to measure anything under the sun.
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To keep from being eaten, an inchworm measures a robin's tail, a flamingo's neck, a toucan's beak, a heron's legs, and a nightingale's song.
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Leo Lionni, a renowned designer, illustrator, and creator of children’s books, 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 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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A Great Little Storyby Anonymous
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August 22, 2007: Lionni is not as blatantly in-your-face didactic as Aesop, but you could draw a few morals from this tale. One of them is, Humor spices up a children's story.
Inch by Inch-The Smart Inchwormby Anonymous
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March 16, 2007: Inch by Inch is a Caldecott Honor Book, it is the story of a smart inchworm that gets out of harms way by doing what he does best-measure. When he first encounters a robin that is ready to goble him up, he uses his wit to measure the bird. The bird is so impressed with his skill that he takes him to his friends to do measurements. This is a story that will teach children about nature, counting and possibly measurement of music. Read this story to your kindergartener and see if the inch worm gets gobbled up or escapes.
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