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Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse
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Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse
(Reissue; Caldecott Honor Book)
Written by Leo LionniAuthor Alerts: Random House will alert you to new works by Leo Lionni
Juvenile Fiction - Animals - Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, etc. | Knopf Books for Young Readers | Hardcover | November 1969 | $17.99 | 978-0-394-80914-4 (0-394-80914-9)
Also available as a hardcover library binding and a trade paperback.
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ABOUT THIS BOOK

Everyone loves Willy the wind-up mouse, while Alexander the real mouse is chased away with brooms and mousetraps. Wouldn't it be wonderful to be loved and cuddled, thinks Alexander, and he wishes he could be a wind-up mouse too. In this gentle fable about a real mouse and a mechanical mouse, Leo Lionni explores the magic of friendship.

Available only in paperback for the past seven years, this treasured Caldecott Honor Book now returns in a hardcover gift editiion sure to enchant a whole new generation of readers.


REVIEWS

"A delicate fantasy about friendship, illustrated with bold, sumptuous collages."
-The New York Times
"Eye-catching, boldly colored collages illustrate this classic 'grass is always greener' story in which a live mouse is envious of his mechanical counterpart." -Booklist


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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


AWARDS

HONOR 1969 - Caldecott Honor Book
WINNER 1969 - ALA Notable Children's Book



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