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A classic fable about the search for identity, from Caldecott Honor winning picture book creator Leo Lionni. Pezzettino lives in a world in which everyone is big and does daring and wonderful things. But he is small, just a "little piece," which is the meaning of pezzettino in... Read Full Overview

A classic fable about the search for identity, from Caldecott Honor winning picture book creator Leo Lionni. Pezzettino lives in a world in which everyone is big and does daring and wonderful things. But he is small, just a "little piece," which is the meaning of pezzettino in... Read Full Overview

A classic fable about the search for identity, from Caldecott Honor winning picture book creator Leo Lionni. Pezzettino lives in a world in which everyone is big and does daring and wonderful things. But he is small, just a "little piece," which is the meaning of pezzettino in... Read Full Overview

A story about a character named Pezzettino who feels small and insignificant compared to those around them. Pezzettino embarks on a journey to find out who he is a small piece of and asks every friend he meets along the way. Eventually, a wise figure tells him to visit an island... Read Full Overview

The main character of the story (the little orange cube) is called "Pezzettino". The name comes from the Italian word "Pezzettino", which is pronounced like "Pe-ze-ti-no", meaning a small piece, fragment or thing. Pezzettino has a problem: he lives in a world where everyone else... Read Full Overview