Ted Lewin

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name = Ted Lewin
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birthdate = Birth date and age|1935|5|6|mf=y
birthplace = Buffalo, New York
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occupation = Children's book author and illustrator
nationality = American
period = 1988-present
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Ted Lewin (born May 6, 1935 in Buffalo, New York) is an author/illustrator of children's books. Lewin and his wife Betsy Reilly drew on their travels to exotic places such as the Amazon River, Botswana, Egypt, Lapland, the Sahara Desert, and India when collaborating on their many books. Lewin has illustrated over 100 books for children and young adults in the past 20 years.

Early life

Ted Lewin was born in Buffalo, New York on May 6, 1935. He had a sister and two brothers, one of whom was a professional wrestler. The Lewin household had a number of exotic pets, such as an iguana, a rhesus monkey, a chimpanzee, and a lion. Lewin grew up with the hobby of sketching his family pets. cite web
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title = Authors & Illustrators: Ted Lewin
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accessdate = 2007-01-04 ] He also copied works of many illustrations and painters that he was interested in. Lewin developed a talent for art and in 1956 earned a BFA degree from Pratt Institute of Art in Brooklyn, where he met his wife, Betsy Reilly.

In order to finance for his education at Pratt, Ted Lewin took on a part time career as a teenage professional wrestler. His wrestling career lasted for 15 years, and it inspired him to record his experience by writing "I Was a Teenaged Professional Wrestler". cite web
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title = Meet the Artist: Ted Lewin
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In 1994, Lewin's book "Peppe the Lamplighter" received a Caldecott Honor. cite web
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Books Published (partial list)

* "Top to Bottom Down Under"
* "Tooth and Claw"
* "Big Jimmy's Kum Kau Chinese Take Out"
* "Market!"
* "Gorilla Walk"
* "Peppe the Lamplighter"
* "The Secret of the Indian"
* "Day of Ahmed's Secret"
* "I Was a Teenaged Professional Wrestler"
* "How Much"

References

Web references

# cite web
title=Meet the Artists - Ted Lewin : Biography
work=National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature, USA
url=http://www.nccil.org/experience/artists/lewinfam/tlewin.htm
accessdate=September 15
accessyear=2008

External links

* [http://www.pratt.edu/ Pratt Institute of Art]
* [http://www.houseofdeception.com/Ted_Lewin.html HouseofDeception.com] - representative paintings and drawings