Exploring the Great Outdoors - Meridian International Center

Betsy Lewin
Lewin claims that there was never a doubt in her mind that she would be anything but an artist. Due to
her interest in animals and wildlife, she has viewed game in East Africa, backpacked in Hawaii’s
Haleakala Crater, canoed in the Everglades, watched whales off the coast of Baja California, and visited
the Pribilof Islands and Alaska. She attended the Pratt Institute of Art where she met her husband Ted
Lewin.
Selected books illustrated by Betsy Lewin:
Giggle, Giggle, Quack by Doreen Cronin, 2002
Aunt Minnie McGranahan by Mary Skillings Prigger, 1999
Ted Lewin
Lewin says he is primarily an artist-illustrator, and his writing has grown out of an interest in the natural
world which, until his first book, he confined to graphic form only. He is an environmentalist and conservationist,
traveling to wilderness areas around the world for graphic and literary material. As a child, he
and his brothers had a small zoo at home -- including a lion, a chimpanzee, monkeys, lizards, and snakes.
Selected books by Ted Lewin:
Red Legs: A Drummer Boy of the Civil War by Ted Lewin, 2001
Nilo and the Tortoise by Ted Lewin, 1999
Arnold Lobel (1933-1987)
Arnold Lobel created more than sixty books for his young readers, characterized for their humor, tenderness,
and innovative detail. The inspiration for his first children’s book came from the frequent visits he,
his wife, and their two children made to the Prospect Park Zoo, just across the meadow from their Brooklyn
apartment. Mr. Lobel was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1973 for Frog and Toad Together.
Selected books illustrated by Arnold Lobel:
Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel, 1990
Frog and Toad All Year by Arnold Lobel, 1985
Inge Löök
Inge Löök was born in 1951 and resides in Pernaja, Finland. She has been a graphic designer for almost
25 years and works from her home in the countryside near the sea. When she is not drawing, Löök
spends time working in her garden and building things, such as a shed for her firewood. Löök enjoys
nature and lives with her 16-year-old cat.
Selected book illustrated by Inge Löök:
Komea Kukko: Lasten Oma Kirja Ajasta (The Magnificent Cock:
The Children’s Own Book About Time) by Elina Vuori and Helena Joensuu, 2002
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