by Leo Lionni · Oetinger · tapa dura · ISBN 9783789159404
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«Das kleine Blau und das kleine Gelb» is the children's picture book by Leo Lionni, published by Oetinger in hardcover (44 pages, in German).
The story follows two color blobs, one blue and one yellow, who are inseparable. They play hide-and-seek, sing and go to school together, until, when they hug, they merge into a green shade and discover that union can create something new. A fable about friendship, identity and mixing colors.
Original title: 'Little Blue and Little Yellow' (1959). This German edition first appeared in 1962.
Recommended from age 4, it is a classic of children's literature that allows working on friendship and color mixing at home or in the classroom.
Leo Lionni was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Born in the Netherlands, he moved to Italy and lived there before moving to the United States in 1939, where he worked as an art director for several advertising agencies, and then for Fortune magazine. He returned to Italy in 1962 and started writing and illustrating children's books. In 1962, his book Inch by Inch was awarded the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award.
