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Lent, Blair, 1930-2009

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Lent, Blair (American children's book illustrator, 1928-2009)

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Blair Lent

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1930-01-22

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Blair Lent was born January 22, 1930 in Boston Massachusetts. He graduated from the Museum of Fine Arts School of Art in 1953 and later studied art in Switzerland and Italy. In the 1950s, he worked as an assistant art director and creative designer and in the 1960s began illustrating and writing children's books. Many of his ideas for books and illustrations come from the folklore of Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa, and his own travel experiences. He received the Caldecott Medal in 1973 for The Funny Little Woman, a Caldecott Honor for Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky in 1969; he also received Caldecott Honors for The Angry Moon (1971) and The Wave (1965). Blair Lent works in a variety of media including cardboard cuts, pen and ink and wash drawings, and acrylic painting, His attention to detail and sense of place are evident in his works. Blair Lent has continued to write and illustrate children's books throughout the 1980s and 1990s.

From the guide to the Blair Lent Papers, 1964-1979, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])

American author and illustrator of children's books; Caldecott Medal, 1973; Caldecott Honor, 1965, 1969, and 1971.

From the description of Papers, 1964-1979. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62490226

American author and illustrator of children's books.

From the description of Baba Yaga : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62490248 From the description of Oasis of the stars : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62437629 From the description of Pistachio : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62437630 From the description of The telephone : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424602 From the description of The funny little woman : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62490250 From the description of Bear teeth for courage : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62490228 From the description of Why the sun and the moon live in the sky : an African folktale : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62490254 From the description of Durr reader grade 5 : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62490261 From the description of The angry moon : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62437615 From the description of Favorite fairy tales told in India : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62686000 From the description of The miracle of the talking jungle : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62686010 From the description of I stood upon a mountain : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62686001 From the description of The wave : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62402563 From the description of The Christmas sky : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62402542 From the description of From King Boggen's Hall to nothing-at-all : a collection of improbable houses and unusual places found in traditional rhymes and limericks : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62402561 From the description of Tikki Tikki Tembo : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62402543 From the description of John Tabor's ride : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62402562 From the description of The little match girl : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62490252

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Astronomy in the Bible


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Astronomy in the Bible


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Baba Yaga (Legendary character)


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Birds


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Children's literature, American


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