An old woman who was too busy to travel with the Wise Men to find the Child now searches endlessly for Him each Christmas season.
1961 Caldecott Honor Titles
Inch by Inch
by
Leo Lionni (Illustrator)
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.