![]() Lionni continued to work as an artist until just before his death in 1999. He worked in many media including drawing, painting, sculpture and photography. Winner of a 1967 Caldecott Honor, Frederick has been cherished by generations of readers. Lionni always thought of himself as an artist. Although beloved, it rarely comes up in my. ![]() ![]() Lionni was a four-time Caldecott Honor Winner for Inch by Inch (1961), Swimmy (1964), Frederick the Mouse (1968), and Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse (1970). In 1967more than half a century agoone of the most brilliant bookmakers of all time, Leo Lionni, created Frederick. During his career he wrote and illustrated over forty children's books. In 1959, Lionni, inspired by a story he had told his grandchlldren, he wrote his first children's book, Little Blue and Little Yellow. His economics studies moved into the background as he began to exhibit his drawings and artwork. He worked in Milan, Italy writing about architecture and then moved to the United States and worked as a graphic designer and an art director for several large companies. ![]() in economics from the University of Genoa, Italy. As an adult he would recall those memories, but he went on to study and received his Ph.D. Lionni always had an interest in drawing at museums near his home and studying the details of animals he kept in his room. ![]()
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