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    ‘Parallel Botany’ in the Age of Alternative Facts

    by Daisy Alioto Jan 29, 2018 4 minutes

    Author and illustrator Leo Lionni is best known for fitting together translucent, tissue shapes into children’s narratives—the first to do so, although his mouse Frederick (1967) was soon joined by Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar (1969). Like fellow collagist Carle, Lionni had a day job in the world of art direction and advertising, working for Fortune for over a decade as well as Olivetti.

    Lesser known is Lionni’s book for adults: (1976). Far from his parable of , has been compared to such esoteric texts as’s asemic encyclopedia(1981) and ’s (1972), a fabricated explorer’s narrative. is a field guide to imaginary plants, which Lionni presents with the authority administration’s “alternative facts,” as it spans the gap between art and science, showing how disregard for the truth equally imperils both the studio and the laboratory.

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