Leo Lionni: Storyteller, Artist, Designer [Hardcover]

Twenty-four years after his death, the book lowers the velvet ropes separating the quadrants of Leo Lionnis creative output. Who knew that the creator of the most recognizable mice since Stuart Little also dreamed up the prototype for Ive known who Leo Lionni was since I was in a freshman at the Tyler School of Art in the 60s. I remember seeing Throughout Leo Leonnis varied and eclectic work one can see his wit as well as his mid-century design sensibility; formal and geometric, but softened by his warmth and playfulness. The breadth of his career is wonderfully shown in the images and informed writing in this book.