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The Alphabet Tree

Written by Leo Lionni

Juvenile Fiction
· Dragonfly Books
· Trade Paperback · Ages 4-7
· October 24, 1990 · $6.99 · 978-0-679-80835-0 (0-679-80835-3)

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Illus. in full color. The letters on an alphabet tree, torn and tossed by the wind, find strength in banding together to form words. Then a clever caterpillar teaches the letters to become even stronger by forming sentences with a message of peace in a gentle parable about the power of the written word.

Leo Lionni wrote and illustrated more than 40 picture books, including four Caldecott Honor Books. He died in 1999 at the age of 89.

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