- * The 19 minute video
titled Meet Leo Lionni is available through
American School Publishers at Weston Woods (1 - 800 - 243
-5020)
- (DMB991V)
-
Articles in
Print:
 Lionni
X 2
- The Horn Book Magazine; Boston;
May/Jun 1998; Barbara Bader
- Bader reviews "Between Worlds"
by Leo Lionni and "The Girl with the Brown Crayon"
by Vivian Gussin Paley.
- Leo
Lionni, 89, Dies, Versatile Creator of Children's Books
- New York Times; New York; Oct
17, 1999; Steven Heller;
- This obituary portrays Leo
Lionni as an artist, magazine art director, graphic
designer, children's book illustrator and
author.
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Web Sites:
-
- Leo
Leonni Bio
- (http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/rc/rc_ab_lli.html)
- A short biography of Leo Lionni
from the Teacher Resource Center @ Random House
Books.
-
- Notable
Books of 1997: Interview With Leo Lionni.
- (http://smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian/issues97/nov97/books_nov97.html)
- Kathleen Burke writes of an
interview with Leo Lionni from "Smithsonian
Magazine".
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Lessons Plans:
- Little
Blue and Little Yellow
- (http://www.carolhurst.com/titles/littleblue.html)
- Describes how the author came
up with the idea for this popular children's book.
Finds links to other books with the theme of
color.
- Leo
Lionni Author Study
- (http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/dcorley/authors/Lionni.htm)
- Includes a student-written
report about Leo Lionni with links to
bibliographies.
Swimmy
Extension Activities
- (http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Teachers/Literature/LeoL.html)
- Includes links to lesson plans
for using Swimmy in the
classroom.
-
- Children's
Book Reviews
- (http://www.spaghettibookclub.org/author.php3?find=1&first_letter=l)
- Includes book reviews of several Leo
Lionni books by elementary children.
-
- Leo
Lionni Author Study
- (http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/dcorley/authors/Lionni.htm)
- Shows 4th grade author study of
Leo Lionni and his books. They created the story
element matrix as a way to show comprehension. Then
they had the students create, in groups, a book.
They used the same characters in their story matrix
and wrote their original stories
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