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The Greentail Mouse

By Leo Lionni

By Leo Lionni

By Leo Lionni

By Leo Lionni

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Paperback $8.99

Jan 08, 2013 | ISBN 9780307981516 | 3-7 years

Hardcover $15.95

Feb 11, 2003 | ISBN 9780375823992 | 3-7 years

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    About The Greentail Mouse

    Originally published in 1973, this is the offbeat fable of a city mouse who visits his peaceful country cousins and tells them about Mardi Gras in the city. The country mice are inspired to have their own Mardi Gras. And at first, it is fun wearing their masks with sharp teeth and tusks and scaring each other, but after a while, they begin believing that they really are ferocious animals.

    Leo Lionni’s winsome mice 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. Reissued in hardcover in 2003, it now makes its debut in Dragonfly paperback.

    About The Greentail Mouse

    The beloved fable from four-time Caldecott Honor winner Leo Lionni!

    Originally published in 1973, this is the offbeat fable of a city mouse who visits his peaceful country cousins and tells them about Mardi Gras in the city. The country mice are inspired to have their own Mardi Gras. And at first it is fun wearing their masks with sharp teeth and tusks and scaring each other, but after a while they begin believing that they really are ferocious animals.

    Leo Lionni’s winsome mice 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.

    Also by Leo Lionni

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    A Color of His Own with Color Wheel
    A Little Book About Food
    Mouse Seasons
    A Little Book About Winter
    See all books by Leo Lionni

    Also by Leo Lionni

    Swimmy
    A Color of His Own with Color Wheel
    A Little Book About Food
    Mouse Seasons
    A Little Book About Winter
    See all books by Leo Lionni

    About Leo Lionni

    Leo Lionni wrote and illustrated more than 40 highly acclaimed children’s books. He received the 1984 American Institute of Graphic Arts Gold Medal and was a four-time Caldecott Honor Winner—for Inch by Inch, Frederick, Swimmy, and Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse. Leo… More about Leo Lionni

    About Leo Lionni

    Leo Lionni wrote and illustrated more than 40 highly acclaimed children’s books. He received the 1984 American Institute of Graphic Arts Gold Medal and was a four-time Caldecott Honor Winner—for Inch by Inch, Frederick, Swimmy, and Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse. Leo… More about Leo Lionni

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Picture Books

    Paperback | $8.99
    Published by Dragonfly Books
    Jan 08, 2013 | 32 Pages | 7 x 9 | 3-7 years | ISBN 9780307981516

    Category: Children’s Picture Books

    Hardcover | $15.95
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Feb 11, 2003 | 32 Pages | 8-3/4 x 10-3/4 | 3-7 years | ISBN 9780375823992

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    Praise

    “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

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