The Horn Book | In Memoriam: To Tweeter from Curly: Thirty-Five Years of Making Picture Books with Lois Ehlert
From the January/February 2024 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.
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Author Lois Ehlert captivated children with 'Chicka Chicka Boom Boom'
Michelangelo painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. That would be too high up for little kids to see, so Milwaukee's Lois Ehlert puts her art on the floor leading into the Milwaukee Public Library Central Library's children's room when it was renovated in 1998. Prompted by a commission from interior designer Susie Fondrie, Ehlert thought about pictographs she had seen during a visit to Peru. So Ehlert fashioned pictographic animals to welcome children into the space. "I had to come to terms with the idea that people would walk on my art," Ehlert said with a chuckle during a 2008...
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Lois Ehlert captivated children with 'Chicka Chicka Boom Boom' and other picture books
Lois Ehlert illustrated picture books for children like 'Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.' She also created art for the Central Library's children's room.
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