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  • Published: 16 April 2013
  • ISBN: 9780307981516
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $19.99

The Greentail Mouse




Originally published in 1973, this is the offbeat fable of a city mouse who visits his peaceful country cousins and tells them about Mardi Gras in the city. The country mice are inspired to have their own Mardi Gras. And at first, it is fun wearing their masks with sharp teeth and tusks and scaring each other, but after a while, they begin believing that they really are ferocious animals.

Leo Lionni's winsome mice cavort across big double-page spreads of oil paintings and tell a story about what is real and what is not that is just right for preschoolers. Reissued in hardcover in 2003, it now makes its debut in Dragonfly paperback.

  • Published: 16 April 2013
  • ISBN: 9780307981516
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $19.99

About the author

Leo Lionni

Leo Lionni, an internationally known designer, illustrator, and graphic artist was born in Holland and lived in Italy until he moved to the United States in 1939. His picture books are distinguished by their enduring themes, graphic simplicity and brilliant use of collage. He died in 1999 at the age of 89.

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