Pezzettino

Author: Leo Lionni
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
ISBN: 030792999X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41

Book Description
A classic fable about the search for identity, from Caldecott Honor winning picture book creator Leo Lionni. Pezzettino lives in a world in which everyone is big and does daring and wonderful things. But he is small, just a “little piece,” which is the meaning of pezzettino in Italian. “I must be a piece of somebody. I must belong to someone else,” he thinks. How Pezzettino learns that he belongs to no one but himself is the joyous and satisfying conclusion to this beautiful mosaic style picture book.

Parallel Botany

Author: Leo Lionni
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264

Book Description
"Leo Lionni here presents ... [an] imaginary plant kingdom .. Lionni marshals all the facts, all the fabulous lore and scholarship surrounding parallel plants ... And, too, he provides his own elegant, detailed, and scientifically accurate drawings of each nonexistent plant species"--Cover.

The Biggest House in the World

Author: Leo Lionni
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
ISBN: 0394827406
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

Book Description
The beloved fable about loving your home from four-time Caldecott Honor-winner Leo Lionni. A young snail dreams of having the biggest house—or shell—in the world. Then one day, his wise father tells him the story of another snail with the same dream. He grew and grew, adding bright colors and beautiful designs, until he found that his house came at a terrible cost. The young snail decides that a small, easy-to-carry shell might be best for a life of adventure and exploration.

The Girl with the Brown Crayon

Author: Vivian Gussin PALEY
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674041836
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description
Flit across the classroom walls. Soon enough we are drawn into Reeny's remarkable dance of self-revelation and celebration, and into the literary turn it takes when Reeny discovers a kindred spirit in Leo Lionni - a writer of books and teller of tales. Led by Reeny, Paley takes us on a tour through the landscape of characters created by Lionni. These characters come to dominate a whole year of discussion and debate as the children argue the virtues and weaknesses of.

Say Something!

Author: Peter H. Reynolds
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338355031
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
From the creator of the New York Times bestseller The Word Collector comes an empowering story about finding your voice, and using it to make the world a better place. The world needs your voice. If you have a brilliant idea... say something! If you see an injustice... say something!In this empowering new picture book, beloved author Peter H. Reynolds explores the many ways that a single voice can make a difference. Each of us, each and every day, have the chance to say something: with our actions, our words, and our voices. Perfect for kid activists everywhere, this timely story reminds readers of the undeniable importance and power of their voice. There are so many ways to tell the world who you are... what you are thinking... and what you believe. And how you'll make it better. The time is now: SAY SOMETHING!

Giulio Paolini

Author: Giulio Paolini
Publisher: Damiani Limited
ISBN: 9788862080453
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Exploring poetry scrapbooks, old-time radio show recordings, advertising verse, corporate archives, and Hallmark greeting cards, among other unconventional sources, Mike Chasar casts American poetry as an everyday phenomenon consumed and created by a vast range of readers. He shows how American poetry in the first half of the twentieth century and its reception helped set the stage for the dynamics of popular culture and mass media today. Poetry was then part and parcel of American popular culture, spreading rapidly as the consumer economy expanded and companies exploited its profit-making potential. Poetry also offered ordinary Americans creative, emotional, political, and intellectual modes of expression, whether through scrapbooking, participation in radio programs, or poetry contests. Reenvisioning the uses of twentieth-century poetry, Chasar provides a richer understanding of the innovations of modernist and avant-garde poets and the American reading public's sophisticated powers of feeling and perception.

Frederick's Fables

Author: Leo Lionni
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 152

Book Description
A collection of fourteen of Lionni's previously published books, presented in the same format.

Let's Play

Author: Leo Lionni
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780679840305
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28

Book Description
Vibrant collage illustrations capture two mice as they enjoy some of life's greatest pleasures--from picking flowers and climbing a tree to swimming and reading. For children under three.

Ettore Sottsass (New Edition)

Author: Phillipe Thome
Publisher: Phaidon Press
ISBN: 9780714875200
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A new edition of the acclaimed monograph on the legendary designer, published to coincide with the centenary of his birth. The life and work of Ettore Sottsass is more relevant than ever, with exhibitions around the world and renewed collector interest in the Memphis movement. Now available in a new format, this book, packed with beautiful images taken from the extensive Sottsass archives and including drawings and sketches from the designer's countless sketchbooks, explores his entire career from the 1940s to the 2000s, covering everything from his architectural projects and product design to his jewellery, sculpture, and graphics.

Italian Discourse

Author: Gian Marco Farese
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1793603170
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 275

Book Description
Using the Natural Semantic Metalanguage methodology, Gian Marco Farese presents a comprehensive analysis of the most important Italian cultural keywords and cultural scripts that foreign learners and cultural outsiders need to know to become linguistically and culturally proficient in Italian. Farese focuses on the words and speech practices that are used most frequently in Italian discourse and that are uniquely Italian: both untranslatable into other languages and reflective of salient aspects of Italian culture and society. Italian Discourse: A Cultural Semantic Analysis sheds light on ways in which the Italian language is related to Italians’ character, values, and way of thinking, and it does so in contrastive perspective with English. Each chapter focuses on a cultural keyword, tracing the term through novels, plays, poems, and songs. Italian Discourse will be an important resource for anyone interested in Italian studies and Italian linguistics, as well as in semantics, cultural studies, linguistic anthropology, cognitive linguistics, intercultural communication, and translation.