Hobonichi A6 Techo Cover: Leo Lionni - Frederick Sun

Frederick, Leo Lionni's field mouse who gathers sun rays, colours and words while the rest of the colony gathers food, turns 60 in 2027. This Original-size cover takes the gathering-sunlight half of the story, with Frederick holding a red poppy and looking straight out at you, as he does on the book itself.

The printing is the interesting part: a matte, rough-textured layer over a glossy white enamel ground, so the artwork reads as torn coloured paper laid onto a white page, which is how Lionni made the originals. The pockets carry the story on: mice with corn on the right, Frederick with his eyes closed in the sun on the left, and the book's handwritten endpaper lettering on the back pocket with Frederick sharing the warmth tucked inside it.

Features

• Frederick with his poppy, in the book's 60th anniversary year

• Matte texture printed over glossy white enamel, so it reads as torn-paper collage

• Bookmark charms shaped like the fragments of sunlight and words he collects

• Illustrated pockets front, back and inside, each carrying part of the story

• 165 x 244 x 3 mm (6.5 x 9.6 x 0.1 in) excluding the pen holders, about 100 g

• Fits the A6 Original, the Planner, the Original Avec and the A6 Day-Free