Picture book · Fiction
Frederick
Leo Lionni
About the book
While the other field mice gather food for winter, Frederick gathers sun rays, colors, and words — which help the mice through the dark months.
Reading notes
A fable about art and imagination as real contributions to community.
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Recognition
- Caldecott Honor (1968)
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Book details
- Author
- Leo Lionni
- First published
- 1967
- Suggested ages
- Ages 3–7 (editorial estimate — children vary)
- Reading mode
- Best read aloud
- Topics
- art, poetry, seasons
- Edition shown
- ISBN 9780394826141 · Alfred A. Knopf / Pantheon (Random House Children's Books), 1973 · paperback
- Catalog record
- Open Library work record · edition record
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