Inch by Inch

　一吋蟲身體小，但他有個厲害的專長，不管是知更鳥的長尾巴，還是大嘴鳥的長嘴巴，一吋蟲都能幫他們測量！有一天，來了一隻飢餓的夜鶯，威脅要一吋蟲測量他唱的歌，不然就要把一吋蟲吃掉.....一吋蟲要如何用機智，解決這個難題呢？
 
　　四度榮獲美國凱迪克大獎，知名繪本大師李歐．李奧尼（Leo Lionni）不只非常會「玩」顏色，筆下的世界更是充滿想像力和生命力，透過不同素材的拼貼、水彩拓印等技法的巧妙運用，簡單的畫面中，融合了童心的純真和深刻的哲理，為一代代的讀者帶來難忘的感動、歡樂和驚奇！

To keep from being eaten, an inchworm measures a robin’s tail, a flamingo’s neck, a toucan’s beak, a heron’s legs, and a nightingale’s song.

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..