The Greentail Mouse

李歐．李奧尼（Leo Lionni）1910年生於荷蘭，是美國著名的童書作家與插畫家。曾以【田鼠阿佛】、【小黑魚】、【阿力和發條老鼠】、【Inch by Inch】四度榮獲凱迪克榮譽獎。李奧尼於1999年過世，留下三十多部作品，中譯本尚有：【老鼠阿修的夢】、【魚就是魚】、【這是我的】、【鱷魚柯尼列斯】、【一顆非常奇妙的蛋】。

出版者:Random House Childrens Books

作者:Lionni, Leo

页数:32

出版时间:2003-2

价格:$ 18.02

装帧:HRD

isbn号码:9780375823992

Originally published in 1973, this is an offbeat fable about the city mouse who visits his peaceful country cousins and tells them about Mardi Gras in the city. What fun it would be to make masks of fearsome animals and have our own Mardi Gras, think the country mice. And at first it is fun wearing their masks with sharp teeth and tusks and scaring each other, but after awhile they begin believing that they really are ferocious animals. All the mice are frightened and suspicious of each other until one mouse finds a way to make them happy to be real mice again.

Leo Lionni’s winsome mice, all cousins to his beloved Frederick, cavort across big double-page spreads of oil paintings and tell a story about what is real and what is not that is just right for preschoolers.