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Lois Ehlert (1934–2021)

Author of Eating the Alphabet

49+ Works 25,237 Members 987 Reviews 9 Favorited

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

Eating the Alphabet (1989) 3,537 copies
Growing Vegetable Soup (1987) 3,182 copies
Planting a Rainbow (1988) 2,427 copies
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf (1991) 1,948 copies
Snowballs (1995) 1,593 copies
Feathers for Lunch (1990) 1,527 copies
Leaf Man (2005) 1,470 copies
Waiting for Wings (2001) 1,282 copies
Color Zoo (1989) 930 copies
Nuts to You! (1993) 791 copies
Pie in the Sky (2008) 674 copies
Color Farm (1990) 474 copies
Top Cat (1963) 424 copies

Associated Works

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (1989) — Illustrator — 13,818 copies
Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 (2004) — Illustrator — 3,395 copies
Chicka Chicka ABC (1990) — Illustrator — 1,175 copies
Ten Little Caterpillars (2011) — Illustrator — 942 copies
A Pair of Socks (1996) — Illustrator — 819 copies
Words (1993) — Illustrator — 135 copies
Chicka Chicka Sticka Sticka (1896) — Illustrator — 98 copies
Mathematical Games for One or Two (1972) — Illustrator — 12 copies
The visit (1977) — Illustrator — 12 copies
Animals to see 1 2 3 (A Whitman book) (1964) — Illustrator — 8 copies

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Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, CCBC Awards
 
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swopester | 59 other reviews | Dec 4, 2023 |
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)
 
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PlumfieldCH | 1 other review | Sep 21, 2023 |
A cat tries to catch birds for lunch, but the jingle of his bells gives himself away and only catches feathers.
 
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B-Chad | 28 other reviews | Jul 1, 2023 |
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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Irensia | 67 other reviews | Jun 12, 2023 |

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Works
49
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Members
25,237
Popularity
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Rating
4.1
Reviews
987
ISBNs
389
Languages
6
Favorited
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