3. Born and raised in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin on November 1934, Lois Ehlert grew up in a home where she claims that “everyone seemed to be making something.”
4. She went to the Layton School of Art after winning a 4 year scholarship. After getting her degree she worked as an apprentice in an art studio delivering illustrations. Here, she was able to work in the evenings on her own art. Lois. Ehlert did graduate work from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a degree in English and Psychology.
5. Lois has worked as a freelance illustrator and designer of books, toys, posters, and children’s clothes.She has illustrated over 16 books to date. Publisher: Beach Lane Books, July, 2010
6. Ehlert’s has a particular style when creating her books. She begins with a “dummy book” made from pencil drawings. Once she has a topic, she does the background research to learn more. Then she will begin her artwork, which involves cutting out each piece individually and then gluing them on the pages of her book.
7. She remembers being frustrated with what she felt were the limitations of illustrating other people's books, and started to design, write, and illustrate her own children's books. "As an artist," she says, "I love to experiment, and I find that each book really has its own personality."
8. Some of Lois Ehlert works: Growing Vegetable Soup – May 1991 The book describes the process of growing vegetable soup, from preparing the tools and digging holes for the seeds to weeding plants; picking vegetables; washing, chopping, and cooking them and finally enjoying the homemade soup while planning to grow more next year.
9. Lois Ehlert’s Picture Books .Nine animals, nine shapes, and sixteen shades of color everyone can have fun discovering them all by turning Color Zoo's full-color pages and watching a lion turn into a goat, an ox into a monkey, a tiger into a mouse Each recto page shows a barnyard animal--cow, chicken, rooster, duck--composed almost entirely of geometric shapes.
10. Leaf Man takes off from a backyard and flutters away on the breeze, across prairie and meadows. We are building a snow family Book that allows parent and child to read, experiment and pretend
11. Fish Eyes is primarily a numbers and counting book that counts up to 10. In the counting section, the eyes on the fish are punched-out, leaving holes. Children can count fish or fish eyes. Sandpiper (August 17, 1992)
12. Top Cat rules the house until an unexpected box from the humane society arrives with someone new - and cute - inside. At first, top cat doesn't want to share his house and favorite things, but soon he learns that two cats can be lots more fun than one.
13. Some of Lois Ehlert’s familiar Illustrated titles
14. Pie in the SkyHarcourt Children's Books (April 1, 2004)
19. “I get lots of letters, and you know what? No one agrees on what they love the most or which book is the best one. I like that. I know what I like best—color!” Lois Ehlert
