As sly as any work by Nabokov, Leo Lionni’s Parallel Botany from is a fantastic exploration of “parallel plants” the study of which T.J. Nelson, in his review of the book, states “has often been under appreciated and ignored by other biologists, almost, one might say, a . Parallel Botany: Author: Leo Lionni: Publisher: Knopf, Original from: Indiana University: Digitized: : ISBN: , Length: pages: Export Citation: BiBTeX 4/5(1). · PARALLEL BOTANY. by Leo Lionni ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 1, What Linnaeus overlooked Lionni has undertaken, teasing a new academic discipline out of his wily imagination. Parallel Botany is the study of an elusive vegetal kingdom of parallel plants, "unconstrained by any known laws of nature." "Motionless, imperishable, isolated in an imaginary void," they are primarily characterized by .
What Linnaeus overlooked Lionni has undertaken, teasing a new academic discipline out of his wily imagination. Parallel Botany is the study of an elusive vegetal kingdom of parallel plants, unconstrained by any known laws of nature. Motionless, imperishable, isolated in an imaginary void, they are primarily characterized by matterlessness or, as the scholars would have it, paramateriality—a. Leo Lionni is one of the few artists to have four books designated as Caldecott Honor Books — Frederick, Inch by Inch (), Swimmy (), and Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse (). His stories often treat serious subjects—war, friendship, and honesty—although generally the tone is playful. In Swimmy, a tiny fish encourages the other. Parallel Botany. by. Leo Lionni. · Rating details · 36 ratings · 3 reviews. The first full-scale guide to the world of parallel plants - a vast, extremely peculiar and completely imaginary plant kingdom. Leoni presents all the fabulous lore and scholarship surrounding parallel plants, tells tales of the great parallel plant hunters.
Parallel Botany. Among Lionni's books that were not intended for children, the best known is probably Parallel Botany (; first published in Italian as La botanica parallela, ). This detailed treatise on plants that lack materiality—in other words, imaginary plants—is richly illustrated with drawings of plants in charcoal or pencil and photographs of "parallel botanists". Leo Lionni created a baffling, even maddening, encyclopedic compendium that describes, illustrates, arrays, and summarizes a host of imaginary plantshis parallel botany. Besides the detailed descriptions of these odd plants, Mr. Lionni, who is best known for his various children's books, rendered numerous illustrations of the various parallel plants. As sly as any work by Nabokov, Leo Lionni’s Parallel Botany from is a fantastic exploration of “parallel plants” the study of which T.J. Nelson, in his review of the book, states “has often been under appreciated and ignored by other biologists, almost, one might say, a backwater in which progress has been slow and difficult.
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