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  • Published: 1 October 2014
  • ISBN: 9780385755511
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $15.99

Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse (Step Into Reading, Step 3)



Leo Lionni's Caldecott Honor-winning story about two mice exploring the magic of friendship is now available in a beginning reader format--perfect for children who are taking those first important steps to reading on their own.

Leo Lionni’s Caldecott Honor–winning story about the magic of friendship is now available as a Step 3 Step into Reading book—perfect for children who are ready to read on their own.
 
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, who wishes he could be a wind-up mouse, too. Lionni’s enduringly popular story makes a winning addition to the Step into Reading line, letting young children enjoy this classic all by themselves.

  • Published: 1 October 2014
  • ISBN: 9780385755511
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $15.99

About the author

Leo Lionni

Leo Lionni wrote and illustrated more than 40 highly acclaimed children’s books. He received the 1984 American Institute of Graphic Arts Gold Medal and was a four-time Caldecott Honor Winner—for Inch by Inch, Frederick, Swimmy, and Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse. Leo Lionni died in October of 1999 at his home in Tuscany, Italy, at the age of 89.

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