Lois Ehlert | |
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| Born | Lois Jane Ehlert November 9, 1934 Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | May 25, 2021 (aged 86) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Occupation | American illustrator and children's writer |
| Years active | 1987–2017 |
Lois Jane Ehlert (November 9, 1934 – May 25, 2021) was an American author and illustrator of children's books, most having to do with nature. Ehlert won the Caldecott Honor for Color Zoo in 1990.[1] Some of her other popular works included Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Cuckoo/Cucú: A Mexican Folktale/Un cuento folklórico Mexicano and Leaf Man. She lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at the time of her death in 2021.