The Alphabet Tree

Author

Leo Lionni

Publication Date

November 18, 1968

Genre / Grade Band

Fiction / K − 1^st

Language

English

Paperback

Hardcover

Description

The wordbug teaches the letters on the alphabet tree, tossed by a windstorm, how to become stronger by banding together to form words. Lionni's gentle parable is now available in hardcover for the first time in many years. Full color.

Publication date

November 18, 1968

Genre

Fiction

ISBN-13

9780394810164

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

BISAC categories

Library of Congress categories

Insects
English language
Alphabet
Writing
Caterpillars

Publishers Weekly

Old favorites find their way back into print. Leo Leonni's The Alphabet Tree was first published in 1968, during America's involvement in Vietnam. In this simple allegory, a fierce wind keeps a tree filled with timid letters at bay. A word-bug and a caterpillar instruct them to form words that say something important (the message they form: "Peace on earth and goodwill toward all men") and then the letters head for the White House. Copyright 2004 Publishers Weekly Used with permission.

Leo Lionni

Leo Lionni, an internationally known designer, illustrator, and graphic artist, was born in Holland and lived in Italy until he came to the United States in 1939. He was the recipient of the 1984 American Institute of Graphic Arts Gold Medal and was honored posthumously in 2007 with the Society of Illustrators' Lifetime Achievement Award. His picture books are distinguished by their enduring moral themes, graphic simplicity and brilliant use of collage, and include four Caldecott Honor Books: Inch by Inch, Frederick, Swimmy, and Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse. Hailed as "a master of the simple fable" by the Chicago Tribune, he died in 1999 at the age of 89.

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