Lewin, Ted

Ted Lewin was born May 6, 1935 in Buffalo, NY; Education; Pratt Institute of Art, B.F.A., 1956. A professional wrestler fron 1952-65, his career as artist and freelance illustrator began in 1956. With over one hundred picture book illustration credits as well as a number of self-illustrated books, author-illustrator is one of our most gifted artists acording to Booklist's Hazel Rochman. His talent has resulted in numeropus awards. His love of nature and love of travel has resulted in many titles associated with nature and travel.Source: Something About the Author. Vol. 119:112-117.

From the description of Ted Lewin Papers 1976-1998. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 462885923

Author and illustrator of children's literature born May 6, 1935 in Buffalo, NY; currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.

From the description of Ted Lewin papers 1, 1982. (Episcopal Divinity School). WorldCat record id: 667611250

Ted Lewin was born 6 May 1935, in Buffalo, NY, the son of Sidney (a retail jeweler) and Bernece (Klehn) Lewin . He attended Pratt Institute of Art (B.F.A., 1956). Lewin has been received the following awards:

I Was a Teenage Professional Wrestler

Booklist Editor's Choice List citation, 1993

School Library Journal Best Books Citation, 1993

ALA Notable Book citation, 1993

Pepe the Lamplighter

Caldecott Honor award, 1994

Bird Watch and The Day of Ahmed's Secret

ALA Notable Book citations

Cowboy Country

Texas Bluebonnet Award

The Always Prayer Shawl

Sydney Taylor Award, Association of Jewish Libraries,

National Jewish Book Award, Jewish Council,

Lewin served in the U.S. Army (1958) before becoming a professional wrestler (1952-1965) and then an artist and freelance illustrator (1956—). Lewin has also conducted one-man shows in the Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University (1978) and Central Park Zoo Gallery, as well as a group show at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden .

Writings by the Author: Author and Illustrator introduction by Don R. Eckelberry , World within a World: Everglades , Dodd , 1976 . World within a World: Baja , Dodd , 1978 . World within a World: Pribilofs , Dodd , 1980 . Tiger Trek , Macmillan , 1990 . When the Rivers Go Home , Macmillan , 1992 . Amazon Boy , Macmillan , 1993 . I Was a Teenage Professional Wrestler , Orchard Books , 1993 . The Reindeer People , Macmillan , 1994 . Sacred River , Clarion , 1995 . Market! , Lothrop , 1995 . Fair! , Lothrop , 1997 . The Storytellers , Lothrop , 1998 . Nilo and the Tortoise , Scholastic , 1999 . (with Betsy Lewin ) Gorilla Walk , Lothrop , 1999 . Elephant Quest , HarperCollins , 2000 . Red Legs: A Drummer Boy of the Civil War , HarperCollins , 2001 . Illustrator Jack McClellan , Millard Black , and Sid Norris , adapters, A Blind Man Can! , Houghton , 1968 . Wyatt Blassingame , The Look-It-Up Book of Presidents , Random House , 1968 . George S. Trow , Meet Robert E. Lee , Random House , 1969 . Margaret T. Burroughs , Jasper the Drummin' Boy , Follett , 1970 . Janet H. Ervin , More Than Half Way There , Follett , 1970 . Donald Cox , Pioneers of Ecology , Hammond , 1971 . Nellie Burchardt , Surprise for Carlotta , F. Watts , 1971 . Gene Smith , Visitor , Cowles , 1971 . Betty Horvath , Not Enough Indians , F. Watts , 1971 . Maurine H. Gee , Chicano, Amigo , Morrow , 1972 . Rose Blue , Grandma Didn't Wave Back , F. Watts , 1972 . Michael Capizzi , Getting It All Together , Delacorte , 1972 . Rose Blue , A Month of Sundays , F. Watts , 1972 . Rita Micklish , Sugar Bee , Delacorte , 1972 . Darrell A. Rolerson , In Sheep's Clothing , Dodd , 1972 . Charlotte Gantz , Boy with Three Names , Houghton , 1973 . William MacKellar , The Ghost of Grannoch Moor , Dodd , 1973 . Marian Rumsey , Lion on the Run , Morrow , 1973 . Rose Blue , Nikki 108 , F. Watts , 1973 . Marjorie M. Prince , The Cheese Stands Alone , Houghton , 1973 . Darrell A. Rolerson , A Boy Called Plum , Dodd , 1974 . Jean Slaughter Doty , Gabriel , Macmillan , 1974 . Gene Smith , The Hayburners , Delacorte , 1974 . Matt Christopher , Earthquake , Little, Brown , 1975 . Patricia Beatty , Rufus, Red Rufus , Morrow , 1975 . Charles Ferry , Up in Sister Bay , Houghton , 1975 . Jean Slaughter Doty , Winter Pony , Macmillan , 1975 . Rose Blue , The Preacher's Kid , F. Watts , 1975 . S. T. Tung , One Small Dog , Dodd , 1975 . Scott O'Dell , Zia , Houghton , 1976 . Lynne Martin , Puffin: Bird of the Open Seas , Morrow , 1976 . Laurence Pringle , Listen to the Crows , Crowell , 1976 . Patricia Edwards Clyne , Ghostly Animals of America , Dodd , 1977 . Mildred Teal , Bird of Passage , Little, Brown , 1977 . Marian Rumsey , Carolina Hurricane , Morrow , 1977 . Nigel Gray , The Deserter , Harper , 1977 . Robert Newton Peck , Patooie , Knopf , 1977 . Philippa Pearce , The Shadow-Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural , Crowell , 1977 . Helen Hill , Agnes Perkins , and Althea Helbig , compilers, Straight on Till Morning: Poems of the Imaginary World , Crowell , 1977 . Rose Blue , The Thirteenth Year: A Bar Mitzvah Story , F. Watts , 1977 . Lee Bennett Hopkins , Mama , Knopf , 1977 . Leslie Norris , Merlin and the Snake's Egg: Poems , Viking , 1978 . William MacKellar , The Silent Bells , Dodd , 1978 . Robert Newton Peck , Soup for President , Knopf , 1978 . William MacKellar , The Witch of Glen Gowrie , Dodd , 1978 . Anne E. Crompton , A Woman's Place , Little, Brown , 1978 . David Stemple , High Ridge Gobbler: A Story of the American Wild Turkey , Collins & World , 1979 . Margaret Goff Clark , Barney and the UFO , Dodd , 1979 . Patricia Edwards Clyne , Strange and Supernatural Animals , Dodd , 1979 . Robert Newton Peck , Hub , Knopf , 1979 . Jean Slaughter Doty , Can I Get There by Candlelight? , Macmillan , 1980 . Rose Blue , My Mother the Witch , McGraw , 1980 . Francine Jacobs , Bermuda Petrel: The Bird That Would Not Die , Morrow , 1981 . Margaret Goff Clark , The Boy from the UFO Returns , Scholastic Book Services , 1981 . Mark Twain , The Adventures of Tom Sawyer , Wanderer Books , 1982 . Margaret Goff Clark , Barney on Mars , Dodd , 1983 . Eleanor Clymer , The Horse in the Attic , Bradbury , 1983 . Priscilla Homola , The Willow Whistle , Dodd , 1983 . Mary Francis Shura , The Search for Grissi , Dodd , 1985 . R. R. Knudson , Babe Didrikson: Athlete of the Century , Viking , 1985 . Enid Bagnold , National Velvet , Morrow , 1985 . Frances Wosmek , A Brown Bird Singing , Lothrop , 1986 . Elizabeth Simpson Smith , A Dolphin Goes to School: The Story of Squirt, a Trained Dolphin , Morrow , 1986 . P. R. Giff , Mother Teresa , Viking , 1986 . Susan Saunders , Margaret Mead , Viking , 1987 . Scott O'Dell , The Serpent Never Sleeps , Houghton , 1987 . Yukio Tsuchiya and Tomoko T. Dykes , Faithful Elephants , Houghton , 1988 . Kathleen Kudlinski , Rachel Carson , Viking , 1988 . Bruce Coville , Herds of Thunder, Manes of Gold , Doubleday , 1989 . Scott O'Dell , Island of the Blue Dolphins , Houghton , 1990 . Jane Yolen , Bird Watch , Philomel , 1990 . F. P. Heide and J. H. Gilliland , The Day of Ahmed's Secret , Lothrop , 1990 . Frances Ward Weller , I Wonder if I'll See a Whale? , Philomel , 1991 . Megan McDonald , The Potato Man , Orchard Books , 1991 . Margaret Hodges , Brother Francis and the Friendly Beasts , Scribner , 1991 . F.P. Heide and J.H. Gilliland , Sami and the Time of the Troubles , Clarion Books , 1992 . Corinna Damas Bliss , Matthew's Meadow , Harcourt , 1992 . Frances Ward Weller , Matthew Wheelock's Wall , Macmillan , 1992 . Megan McDonald , The Great Pumpkin Switch , Orchard Books , 1992 . Elisa Bartone , Pepe the Lamplighter , Lothrop , 1993 . Ann Herbert Scott , Cowboy Country , Clarion Books , 1993 . Sheldon Oberman , The Always Prayer Shawl , Boyds Mills Press , 1993 . Louise Borden , Just in Time for Christmas , Scholastic, Inc. , 1994 . Jan Slepian , Lost Moose , Philomel , 1994 . Elisa Bartone , American Too , Lothrop , 1996 . Mary K. Kroeger and Louise Borden , Paperboy , Clarion , 1996 . Jane Yolen , Sea Watch: A Book of Poetry , Philomel , 1996 . Jonathan London , Ali, Child of the Desert , Lothrop , 1997 . Jane Yolen , The Originals , Philomel , 1998 . Louise Borden , A. Lincoln and Me , Scholastic , 1999 . Corinne Demas Bliss , The Disappearing Island , Simon & Schuster , 2000 . Edward Grimm , The Doorman , Orchard , 2000 .

Betsy Reilly Lewin was born 12 May 1937, in Clearfield, PA, the daughter of John K. (in insurance sales) and Winifred Dowler Reilly (a teacher). She attended Pratt Institute of Art (B.F.A., 1959). As a freelance writer and illustrator, Betsy Lewin has received the following awards:

Araminta's Paintbox, written by Karen Ackerman

Pick of the List, American Booksellers, 1990

Ho! Ho! Ho! The Complete Book of Christmas Words, written by Lynda Graham Barber

Pick of the List, American Booksellers, 1993

Yo! Hungry Wolf: A Nursery Rap, written by David Vozar

Children's Choice, 1994

Somebody Catch My Homework, written by David L. Harrison

Children's Choice, 1994

Booby Hatch

Best Books, School Library Journal, 1995

Writings by the Author: Author and Illustrator Animal Snackers , Dodd , 1980 . Cat Count , Dodd , 1981 . Hip, Hippo, Hooray , Dodd , 1982 . Booby Hatch , Houghton , 1995 . Walk a Green Path , Lothrop , 1995 . Chubbo's Pool , Houghton , 1997 . Illustrator Helen Kronberg Olson , The Strange Thing That Happened to Oliver Wendell Iscovitch , Dodd , 1983 . Berniece Freschet , Furlie Cat , Lothrop , 1986 . Beatrice Schenk de Regniers , Penny , Lothrop , 1987 . Arnold Adoff , Greens: Poems , Lothrop , 1988 . Maria Polushkin , Kitten in Trouble , Bradbury Press , 1988 . Maria Polushkin , Here's That Kitten , Bradbury Press , 1989 . Peter Limberg , Weird: The Complete Book of Halloween Words , Bradbury Press , 1989 . Karen Ackerman , Araminta's Paintbox , Atheneum , 1990 . Lynda Graham Barber , Mushy: The Complete Book of Valentine's Words , Bradbury Press , 1990 . Winifred Morris , What If the Shark Wears Tennis Shoes? , Atheneum , 1990 . Graham Barber , Gobble: The Complete Book of Thanksgiving Words , Bradbury Press , 1991 . Harry Allard , The Hummingbirds' Day , Houghton , 1991 . Patricia Reilly Giff , The War Began at Supper: Letters to Miss Loria , Dell , 1991 . Carolyn Haywood , Eddie and the Fire Engine , Beach Tree , 1992 . Grace Maccarone , Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox , Scholastic , 1992 . Russell Hoban , Jim Hedgehog and the Lonesome Tower , Houghton , 1992 . Russell Hoban , Jim Hedgehog's Supernatural Christmas , Houghton , 1992 . Graham Barber , Doodle Dandy: The Complete Book of Independence Day Words , Bradbury Press , 1993 . Joanne Ryder , First Grade Elves , Troll , 1993 . Joanne Ryder , First Grade Ladybugs , Troll , 1993 . Joanne Ryder , First Grade Valentines , Troll , 1993 . Stephen Krensky , Fraidy Cats , Scholastic , 1993 . Joanne Ryder , Hello, First Grade , Troll , 1993 . Graham Barber , Ho! Ho! Ho! The Complete Book of Christmas Words , Bradbury Press , 1993 . Ida Luttrell , Mattie's Little Possum Pet , Atheneum , 1993 . David L. Harrison , Somebody Catch My Homework: Poems , Boyds Mills , 1993 . David Vozar , Yo! Hungry Wolf: A Nursery Rap , Doubleday , 1993 . David L. Harrison , The Boy Who Counted Stars: Poems , Boyds Mills , 1994 . Caroline A. Levine , The Detective Stars and the Case of the Super Soccer Team , Dutton , 1994 . Steven Kroll , I'm George Washington and You're Not! , Hyperion , 1994 . Evan Levine , What's Black and White and Came to Visit? , Orchard Books , 1994 . Grace Maccarone , The Classroom Pet , Scholastic , 1995 . Grace Maccarone , The Lunch Box Surprise , Scholastic , 1995 . Grace Maccarone , My Tooth Is about to Fall Out , Scholastic , 1995 . David Vozar , M. C. Turtle and the Hip Hop Hare: A Nursery Rap , Doubleday , 1995 . Grace Maccarone , The Gym Day Winner , Scholastic , 1996 . Grace Maccarone , The Recess Mess , Scholastic , 1996 . Grace Maccarone , Sharing Time Troubles , Scholastic , 1996 . Source: Contemporary Authors Online . The Gale Group , 2000 .

From the guide to the Ted and Betsy Lewin Papers., circa 1973 - circa 1990., (Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center .)

Ted Lewin was born May 6, 1935, in Buffalo, New York. He earned a B.F.A. from the Pratt Institute of Art in New York City, in 1956. Lewin was a professional wrestler from 1952 to 1965, and during this time began his career as an artist and freelance illustrator. Lewin is married to author-illustrator Betsy Reilly Lewin, another Pratt Institute alumnus; the two have collaborated on several books. Lewin, whose work includes over 100 published, cites nature as one of his inspirations. He also draws inspiration from his travels, working from photographs to create vivid and realistic illustrations. Lewin is the recipient of numerous awards, including a Caldecott Honor for Elisa Bartone's 1993 book, Peppe the Lamplighter .

Biographical Source: Something About the Author, vol. 195

From the guide to the Ted Lewin Papers, 1976-2010, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections)