内容简介
Something to celebrate this spring: the 50th anniversary ofthis Caldecott Honor Book and the 100th anniversary of its creator,Leo Lionni. Long unavailable in hardcover from its originalpublisher, "Inch by Inch "tells the tale of a tiny green inchwormwho can measure anything, from a robin's tail to a toucan's beak.But when a nightingale demands that the inchworm measure its song,the clever worm calls on its skill to creatively save his life.Knopf is proud to add this classic to the many beloved picturebooks by Leo Lionni. "A handsome and appropriate book to givepleasure to little children and their elders."--"The Horn Book"Fanfare
作者简介
李欧·李奥尼（Leo Lionni，1910-1999）:美国儿童文学作家、画家，出生于荷兰阿姆斯特丹。尽管李奥尼开始创作绘本时已经49岁，他却开创了一个绘本的新时代，他笔下的故事生动有趣又富含哲理，被誉为“二十世纪的伊索”。 代表作《一寸虫》《小黑鱼》《田鼠阿佛》《亚历山大和发条老鼠》分别于1961年、1964年、1968年及1970年荣获美国凯迪克大奖。 Leo Lionni, an internationally known designer, illustrator, andgraphic artist, was born in Holland and lived in Italy until hecame to the United States in 1939. He was the recipient of the 1984American Institute of Graphic Arts Gold Medal and was honor