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
Associated Works
The Art of Reading: Forty Illustrators Celebrate RIF's 40th Anniversary (2005) — Contributor — 247 copies, 3 reviews
Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom...and Lots More Learning Fun [1999 film] (2001) — Illustrator — 33 copies, 2 reviews
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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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Eating the Alphabet: Fruits & Vegetables from A to Z by Lois Ehlert
Wordplay- rhyming words
The cat of the house is taken aback when a new cat arrives, but quickly catches the newbie up on all the mischief that cats must do. In rhyme.
Ugh.
My family is a dog household, and I always wonder how cat books like this made it into our personal library.
FOR REFERENCE:
Rated “Indifferent" in our old book database by Rod and Adelia.
Ugh.
My family is a dog household, and I always wonder how cat books like this made it into our personal library.
FOR REFERENCE:
Rated “Indifferent" in our old book database by Rod and Adelia.
This book is good for Kindergarten to 1st grade students. It is very colorful and simplistic and it teaches the students about things they encounter in their daily life. However I do not think I would have it in my classroom, I can find a better book that teaches them the same things
this nook is for primary level students. This book talks about the rainbow and how to plant flowers.
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- Works
- 47
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- Members
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- Popularity
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- Rating
- 4.1
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