Oddball Skills

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Well, I think that some of those skills in producing my art or “building” my art, as I sometimes say, not only come from things that I’ve learned from my mother but from my dad, too. I used to help him when he would construct cabinets for me. I would do the drawings so I knew the dimensions and how I wanted them. And so I think maybe through osmosis I’ve learned skills from both of them that I use in the books. I know it’s rather oddball but I always figure, “If it works, use it.”

She is an artist who isn't afraid to wire, sew, glue, cut, paint, or photograph. Watch this video clip to learn how she absorbed some of these skills.

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Lois Ehlert

Children’s Author

Lois Ehlert created numerous inventive, celebrated, and bestselling picture books, including Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Waiting for Wings, Planting a Rainbow, Growing Vegetable Soup, and Color Zoo, which received a Caldecott Honor. Her unique books reflected her creative and curious mind. In this exclusive video interview with Reading Rockets, Ehlert discussed her early love for art and how she continually worked to create highly original children’s books. Ehlert was an artist who wasn’t afraid to wire, sew, glue, cut, paint, or photograph.

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