{"id":2990,"date":"2015-04-20T22:16:07","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T03:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/?p=2990"},"modified":"2015-04-20T22:16:07","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T03:16:07","slug":"lionni-leo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/lionni-leo\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionni, Leo"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"ae_table alignright\" style=\"width: auto; height: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ae_cell-top-left\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2991 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ph_lioni.jpg\" alt=\"Leo Lionni\" width=\"140\" height=\"163\" \/><\/td>\n<td class=\"ae_cell-top-right\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2992 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bk_blue.jpg\" alt=\"little blue and little yellow\" width=\"120\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bk_blue.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bk_blue-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ae_cell-bot-left\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2993 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bk_alex.jpg\" alt=\"Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse\" width=\"120\" height=\"154\" \/><\/td>\n<td class=\"ae_cell-bot-right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2994 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bk_swim.jpg\" alt=\"Swimming\" width=\"120\" height=\"153\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Born in Amsterdam on May 5, 1910, Leo Lionni received his doctorate in economics from the University of Genoa. But he found himself drawn to the artwork he\u2019d been practicing since age six. In 1933, he began his career in advertising design as an art director for a food supplier.<\/p>\n<p>In 1939, in order to avoid the unhealthy political climate in Italy, Lionni emigrated to the United States, where he worked as an art director for the N.W. Ayer advertising agency. In 1949, he became the art director for <i>Fortune<\/i> magazine.<\/p>\n<p>In 1959, he began his career in children\u2019s books with the publication of <em>Little Blue and Little Yellow<\/em>, a book he devised to entertain his grandchildren while they were traveling on a commuter train. Today, his <i>ouvre<\/i> includes four Caldecott Honor titles, <i>Inch by Inch, Frederick, Swimmy,<\/i> and <i>Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Inspirational raptures may happen, but most books are shaped through hard, disciplined work. \u2026 It is an intricate process in which the idea slowly takes form, by trial and error, through detours and side roads, which, were it not for the guidance of professional rigor, would lead the author into an inextricable labyrinth of alternatives.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ae-byline\">\u2014 Vicki Palmquist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born in Amsterdam on May 5, 1910, Leo Lionni received his doctorate in economics from the University of Genoa. But he found himself drawn to the artwork he\u2019d been practicing since age six. In 1933, he began his career in advertising design as an art director for a food supplier. 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