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Leo Lionni Books in Order

48 books are credited to Leo Lionni, published between 1948 and 2021; 10 of them appeared after Leo Lionni's death in 1999. The first book is An Extraordinary Egg (1948) and the newest is Mouse Seasons (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
48
Published
1948–2021
Pages on record
1,425 in 30 of 48 books
Reading time
24–36 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,425 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 30 of 48 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Leo Lionni, author

Leo Lionni wrote and illustrated picture books for children. Born in the Netherlands, Lionni worked as an advertising art director and then at Fortune magazine in the United States before turning to children's books in the 1960s. The 48 titles catalogued span 1948 to 2021 at a median of 32 pages, and take in Inch by Inch (1960), Swimmy (1963) and Frederick (1967); Inch by Inch won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Mice, frogs, birds, colour and friendship recur across the list.

How many Leo Lionni books are there?

Leo Lionni has 48 books, released between 1948 and 2021. 10 of them were published after Leo Lionni's death in 1999.

Leo Lionni Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 48 Leo Lionni books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of An Extraordinary Egg by Leo Lionni (1948)
  2. Cover of Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni (1959)
  3. Cover of Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni (1960)
  4. Cover of On My Beach There Are Many Pebbles by Leo Lionni (1961)
  5. Cover of Swimmy by Leo Lionni (1963)
  6. Cover of Tico and the Golden Wings by Leo Lionni (1964)
  7. Cover of Frederick by Leo Lionni (1967)
  8. Cover of The Alphabet Tree by Leo Lionni (1968)
  9. Cover of Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse by Leo Lionni, book 1 of the Step into Reading series (1969)
  10. Cover of Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni (1970)
  11. Cover of Theodore and the Talking Mushroom by Leo Lionni (1971)
  12. Cover of The Greentail Mouse by Leo Lionni (1973)
  13. Cover of A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni (1975)
  14. Cover of In the Rabbitgarden by Leo Lionni (1975)
  15. Cover of Pezzettino by Leo Lionni (1975)
  16. Cover of Parallel Botany by Leo Lionni (1976)
  17. Cover of A Flea Story by Leo Lionni (1977)
  18. Cover of Geraldine, the Music Mouse by Leo Lionni (1979)
  19. Cover of Let's Make Rabbits by Leo Lionni (1982)
  20. Cover of Who? by Leo Lionni (1983)
  21. Cover of When? by Leo Lionni (1983)
  22. Cover of What? by Leo Lionni (1983)
  23. Cover of Where? by Leo Lionni (1983)
  24. Cover of Cornelius by Leo Lionni (1983)
  1. 1
    An Extraordinary Egg1948 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    194832
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  2. 2
    Six Crows1949 · confirmed 1/4
    1949–
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  3. 3
    Little Blue and Little Yellow1959 · confirmed 1/4
    1959–
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  4. 4
    Inch by Inch1960 · confirmed 1/4
    1960–
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  5. 5
    On My Beach There Are Many Pebbles1961 · confirmed 1/4
    1961–
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  6. 6
    Swimmy1963 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    196332
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  7. 7
    Tico and the Golden Wings1964 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    196432
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  8. 8
    Frederick1967 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    196732
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  9. 9
    The Alphabet Tree1968 · confirmed 1/4
    1968–
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  10. 10
    The Biggest House in the World1968 · confirmed 1/4
    1968–
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  11. 11
    Alexander and the Wind-Up MouseStep into Reading #11969 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    196940
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  12. 12
    Fish is Fish1970 · 30 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197030
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  13. 13
    Theodore and the Talking Mushroom1971 · confirmed 1/4
    1971–
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  14. 14
    The Greentail Mouse1973 · 28 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197328
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  15. 15
    A Color of His Own1975 · confirmed 1/4
    1975–
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  16. 16
    In the Rabbitgarden1975 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197532
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  17. 17
    Pezzettino1975 · 34 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197534
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  18. 18
    Parallel Botany1976 · 181 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1976181
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  19. 19
    A Flea Story1977 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197732
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  20. 20
    Geraldine, the Music Mouse1979 · 31 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197931
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  21. 21
    Mouse Days: A Book of Seasons1981 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198132
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  22. 22
    Let's Make Rabbits1982 · confirmed 1/4
    1982–
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  23. 23
    Who?1983 · confirmed 1/4
    1983–
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  24. 24
    When?1983 · 16 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198316
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  25. 25
    What?1983 · confirmed 1/4
    1983–
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  26. 26
    Where?1983 · confirmed 1/4
    1983–
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  27. 27
    Cornelius1983 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198332
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  28. 28
    Numbers1985 · 10 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198510
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  29. 29
    Words1985 · 10 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198510
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  30. 30
    It's Mine!1986 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198632
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Leo Lionni books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Step into Reading in order

1 book
  1. 1. Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse

Standalone books

47 books

47 Leo Lionni titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Leo Lionni books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 48 Leo Lionni books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Leo Lionni

Start with An Extraordinary Egg (1948), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Leo Lionni book?

Mouse Seasons (2021) is the newest Leo Lionni book released so far.

Is there a new Leo Lionni book coming?

No next Leo Lionni book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Leo Lionni has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Leo Lionni. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Prix Janusz Korczak de Littérature Jeunesse2015Won

Leo Lionni at a glance

Died
Leo Lionni died in 1999, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Leo Lionni are still being published after Leo Lionni's death in 1999; the newest appeared in 2021.
Release pace
Leo Lionni books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,425 pages across the 30 of 48 books with a recorded length, a median of 32 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Leo Lionni books, 12 of 48, were published in the 1980s.

What the Leo Lionni books are about

44 of the 48 Leo Lionni books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 24 of 44. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.