Tico, a little bird born without wings, is one day granted his dearest wish. But the wings he gets are made of gold and his bird friends turn against him. “You think you are better than we are,” they say. What Tico does with his golden feathers—and the important lesson he learns—is a fable that children will take to their hearts.
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Book Details
Imprint
Alfred A. Knopf
Publication Year
2012
Contributors
Author Info
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.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Age Group
5 - 9 Years
Dimensions
Width
9 mm
Height
281 mm
Length
230 mm
Weight
407 gr
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TICO & the Golden Wings
Ordered the book with the intention of reading it to my child every night. Its a cute story but a very short one & my child read it himself in about 20 minutes.
I had not researched it & judged that a Rs. 422 book should last many nights but it is very short & surely not worth the price.