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Frederick

Leo Lionni

196328 pagesabout 25–40 minutes
1963
first published
  • 1967Trumpet Club · 28 pages · ENGISBN 9780590979399
  • 2011Andersen Press · 32 pages · ENGISBN 9781849393096
  • 2015Alfred A. Knopf · ENGISBN 9780375975035
  • 2017Dragonfly Books · 40 pagesISBN 9780399555527
  • 2014Random House Books for Young Readers · 40 pagesISBN 9780385755504
  • 1967Pantheon · 32 pages · ENGISBN 9780394910406
  • 2002L'Ecole des loisirs · 163 pagesISBN 9782211069144
  • 1999Tandem Library · ENGISBN 9780808589204

** (goodreads) While other mice are gathering food for the winter, Frederick seems to daydream the summer away. When dreary winter comes, it is Frederick the poet-mouse who warms his friends and cheers them with his words. ** (Amazon) Winter is coming, and all the mice are gathering food . . . except for Frederick. But when the days grow short and the snow begins to fall, it’s Frederick’s stories that warm the hearts and spirits of his fellow field mice. ** (Amazon) Winner of a 1967 Caldecott Honor, Frederick has been cherished by generations of readers - story about a little mouse who gathers something unusual for the long winter is celebrating its fiftieth birthday!

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