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Obituary: Lois Ehlert publishersweekly.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from publishersweekly.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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 interview with Journal Sentinel book editor Geeta Sharma Jensen. (Her pictographic animals are in linoleum.) It’s kind of a reverse Sistine Chapel. When kids come into the room, they jump from one animal on the floor to another. This floor will probably last longer than I do. ....
Lois Ehlert illustrated picture books for children like 'Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.' She also created art for the Central Library's children's room. ....
Lois Ehlert captivated children with 'Chicka Chicka Boom Boom' and other picture books msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.