He goes on to discover the beauty of the sea, from the rainbow jelly, to the forest of seaweeds. Swimmy’s sibling reach an unfortunate fate, causing him to be on his own. ISBN 978-3-2 (trade) - ISBN 978-3-9 (lib. Swimmy by Leo Lionni is a creative book that demonstrates the story of a young fish named Swimmy who is a lone black fish with red brothers and sisters. Visit us on the Web! and librarians, for a variety of teaching tools, visit us at The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition of this work as follows: ,Lionnij Leo. Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, in 1963.Dragonfly Books with the colophon is a registered trademark of Random House, Inc. This is a pouch with a design of Swimmy, the most famous of Leo Lionnis works, which has been translated all over the world. VisitusontheWeb /brand/leo-lionni/ Educators and librarians, for a variety of. Children will relate to Swimmy’s unique attributes and will learn that differences are often strengths Download Printable Version. Published in the United States by Dragonfly Books,an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. After a big tuna fish gulps up a school of Swimmys friends, the small black fish journeys through the ocean and comes face-to-face with many marvelous creatures. Leo Lionni uses a variety of painting methods to create colorful images that will catch your child’s attention as you read about Swimmy’s adventures. His picture books are distinguished by theirenduring moral themes, graphic simplicity, and brilliant use ofcollage^ 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 Chi&tgo Tribune, hedied in 1999 at the age of 89.Ĭopyright © 1963 by Leo Lionni, copyright renewed 191)1 by Leo LioimiĪll rights reserved. He was the recipient of the 1984American Institute of Graphic Arts Gold Medal and was honoredposthumously in 2007 with the Society 6f Illustrators LifetimeAchievement Award.

Leo Li6nni,'an internationally known designer, illustrator, andgraphic artist, was born in Holland and studied in Italy until hecame to the United State».in 1939.

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