Lois Ehlert, an illustrator whose cut-and-paste shapes and vibrant hues in books including the mega-selling “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom” made her a familiar artist for preschool-aged readers, died May 25 ...

During more than 35 years of collaboration and friendship, Caldecott Honor illustrator Lois Ehlert and Beach Lane v-p and publisher Allyn Johnston worked on 28 books together. Ehlert’s bold, ...

Award-winning author-illustrator Lois Ehlert, widely known for her signature collage artwork featuring bold colors and crisply cut shapes as well as found objects, died on May 25 in Milwaukee, Wis., ...

It has been a rough week for our childhoods. On Wednesday, news broke that Eric Carle, the creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar had passed away. And then Thursday, Simon & Schuster announced that ...

Ehlert’s cut-and-paste shapes and the vibrant colors she utilized in her illustration style created an iconic look that placed her among the most popular illustrators of books for preschoolers in the ...

MILWAUKEE — Lois Ehlert, whose cut-and-paste shapes and vibrant hues in books including “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom” put her among the most popular illustrators of books for preschoolers of the late 20th ...

Lois Ehlert, whose cut-and-paste shapes and vibrant hues in books including “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom” put her among the most popular illustrators of books for preschoolers of the late 20th century, ...

Beloved children’s book illustrator Lois Ehlert died of natural causes Tuesday in Milwaukee, her publisher Simon & Schuster said. She was 86. The Wisconsin native was best known for her brightly ...