Book
Inch by inch / Leo Lionni. --
To keep from being eaten, an inchworm measures a robin's tail, a flamingo's neck, a toucan's beak, a heron's legs, and a nightingale's song.
Record details
- ISBN: 0375857648
- ISBN: 9780375857645
- Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill.
- Edition: 1st Alfred A. Knopf ed. --
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010, c1988.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: New York : McDowell, Obolensky, 1960. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 21.99 |
| Awards Note: | Caldecott honor book |
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| Subject: | Measurement > Juvenile fiction. Caterpillars > Juvenile fiction. Birds > Juvenile fiction. |
- Baker & Taylor
A commemorative release of the Caldecott Honor-winning book by the late Society of Illustrators Lifetime Achievement-winning author follows the experiences of a resourceful green inchworm whose ability to measure anything is challenged by a singing nightingale. - Baker & Taylor
To keep from being eaten, an inchworm measures a robin's tail, a flamingo's neck, a toucan's beak, a heron's legs, and a nightingale's song. - Random House, Inc.
The Caldecott Honor winning classic about a brave and clever little worm from beloved picture book creator Leo Lionni.
A small green inchworm is proud of his skill at measuring anythingâa robinâs tail, a flamingoâs neck, a toucanâs beak. Then one day a nightingale threatens to eat him if he cannot measure his song. Children will enjoy the clever inchwormâs solution and delight in finding the tiny hero on every page.
Every inch the classic, this was the first of Lionniâs books to win the Caldecott Honor.
