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Blair Lent

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born

January 20, 1930 in Boston, Massachusetts, The United States

died

January 27, 2009

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Children's Books, Arts & Photography

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Blair Lent was an American author and illustrator of mostly Chinese-themed books, including the popular 1968 children's book Tikki Tikki Tembo. In 1973 he was awarded the Caldecott Medal for his illustrations of The Funny Little Woman, by Arlene Mosel. He also illustrated the book House of Stairs. Lent used a wide range of techniques in his illustrations, including acrylic painting, cardboard cutouts, colored pencil and ink and wash.

Born in Boston, Lent attended the Boston Museum School where he graduated with a degree in art in 1953, after which he went to Italy and Switzerland on a study grant. He worked for the Container Corporation of America designing labels for cans and worked for the Bresnick Advertising Company where he designed ban...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 14,468 ratings · 497 reviews · 14 distinct works

	Molasses Flood 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1992	My rating:
	John Tabor's Ride 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1980	My rating:
	Bayberry Bluff 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1987 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Ruby and Fred 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel, Blair Lent (Illustrator) 4.16 avg rating — 13,712 ratings — published 1968 — 23 editions	My rating:
	Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky by Elphinstone Dayrell, Blair Lent (Illustrator) 3.65 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 1968 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Baba Yaga by Ernest Small, Blair Lent 3.78 avg rating — 18 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Beastly Feast by Bruce Goldstone, Blair Lent (Illustrations) 3.39 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	My rating:
	I Stood Upon a Mountain by Aileen Fisher, Blair Lent 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1979	My rating:
	The Angry Moon by William Sleator, Blair Lent (Illustrator) 3.00 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1970 — 2 editions	My rating:

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