Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Leo Lionni

Born: May 5, 1910
Died: October 11, 1999 (aged 89)
Bio: Leo Lionni was an author 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.
Known for:
- Swimmy (1963)
- Frederick (1967)
- A Color of His Own (1975)
- Inch by Inch (1960)
- Little Blue and Little Yellow (1959)