Lois Ehlert (1934–2021)
Author of Eating the Alphabet
About the Author
Lois Ehlert was born November 9, 1934, in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and the Layton School of Art. She has also worked as an art teacher, freelance illustrator, and designer. She has created 38 books for young reader and is known for her show more colorful collage artwork. Her work as an author and an illustrator has appeared in countless publications and has received numerous awards and honors. In addition to creating books, Ehlert has produced toys, games, clothes for children, posters, brochures, catalogs, and banners. She has received the Caldecott Honor Book, 1989, for Color Zoo, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year for Snowballs, the Booklist Editors' Choice for Cuckoo/Cucú: A Mexican Folktale/Un Cuento Folklórico Mexicano, the IRA Teachers' Choice and NCTE Notable Children's Trade Book in the Language Arts for Feathers for Lunch, the American Library Association Notable Children's Book and Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award for Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. The first book that she wrote and illustrated was Growing Vegetable Soup (1987). Some of her other works include Planting a Rainbow (2003), Feathers for Lunch (1996), Snowballs (1999), Leaf Man (2005), Moon Rope/ Un Lazo de Luna (2003), which is based on a Peruvian folktale, and Rrralph (2013), Rain Fish (2016), and Heart to Heart (2017). Lois Ehlert died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on May 25, 2021. She was 86. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Lois Ehlert
Spring preschool story time kit 68 copies
Raising a reader :ITE #16 13 copies
Raising a reader :ITE #14 3 copies
Bolas de nieve 1 copy
Helpers 1 copy
Feathers for Lunch 1 copy
Associated Works
The Art of Reading: Forty Illustrators Celebrate RIF's 40th Anniversary (2005) — Contributor — 240 copies
Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom...and Lots More Learning Fun [1999 film] (2001) — Illustrator — 30 copies
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- Legal name
- Ehlert, Lois Jane
- Birthdate
- 1934-11-09
- Date of death
- 2021-05-25
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, USA
- Place of death
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
- Education
- University of Wisconsin (BFA)
Layton School of Art - Occupations
- children's book author
illustrator
graphic designer - Awards and honors
- Regina Medal (2009)
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Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, CCBC Awards
If you were a fuzzy caterpillar crawling through the tall, tall grass on a sunny afternoon, what would you see?
To find out, just follow the tiny tour guide as he inches his way through the pages of this book. You'll see ants and bees and birds--hip-hopping bunnies too. You'll even hear the sounds some of them make.
Crunch, munch,
caterpillars lunch...
Crack, snap, wings flap...
Beginning as the sun is high in the sky and ending as fireflies blink and the moon rises above, this backyard tour is one no child will want to miss.… (more)
To find out, just follow the tiny tour guide as he inches his way through the pages of this book. You'll see ants and bees and birds--hip-hopping bunnies too. You'll even hear the sounds some of them make.
Crunch, munch,
caterpillars lunch...
Crack, snap, wings flap...
Beginning as the sun is high in the sky and ending as fireflies blink and the moon rises above, this backyard tour is one no child will want to miss.… (more)
A cat tries to catch birds for lunch, but the jingle of his bells gives himself away and only catches feathers.
The book explores the processes of growing vegetables, harvesting them and using them for soup. The book illustrates each step of the vegetable planting journey.
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Statistics
- Works
- 49
- Also by
- 13
- Members
- 25,237
- Popularity
- #831
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 987
- ISBNs
- 389
- Languages
- 6
- Favorited
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