Lois Ehlert

A mother and child plant a rainbow of flowers in the family garden.

Some children create a family out of snow. Includes labeled pictures of all the items they use, as well as information about how snow is formed. Pull on your mittens and head outside with Lois Ehlert for a snowball day! Grab some snow and start rolling. With a few found objects, like buttons and fabric and seeds, and a little imagination, you can create a whole family out of snow. Ehlert uses collages of cut paper and vibrant, textured objects to...

The top cat in a household is reluctant to accept the arrival of a new kitten but decides to share various survival secrets with it.

A traditional Mayan tale which reveals how the cuckoo lost her beautiful feathers.

An alphabetical tour of the world of fruits and vegetables, from apricot and artichoke to yam and zucchini.

Introduces colors and shapes with illustrations of shapes on die-cut pages that form animal faces when placed on top of one another.

When the neighborhood cat tries to crash the mice's harvest party, the mice have a plan to scare the intruder away. On board pages.

"Through rhyme and mixed-media collage illustrations, 'rain fish'--the varied, colorful, and unique little collections of materials that float along on streams of rain water during storms--come to life"--