John Lechner

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Recalling his childhood, John Lechner says, "Our house was always filled with art, music and creativity. We wrote plays, formed poetry clubs, painted murals, planted gardens, kept rabbits, built puppets, and invented games." John went on to study art and creative writing at Carnegie Mellon University, and has been telling stories his whole life.

John's first picture book was A FROGGY FABLE, the tale of a solitary frog that becomes frustrated by the changing world around him. Birds, otters, and falling trees seem to invade his quiet pond. "This story grew out of my own experiences," the author notes, "and I hope
readers will take away their own personal meaning from the story."
John's picture book THE CLEVER STICK is the story of an ordinary...more

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John Lechner's Blog

John Lechner isn't a Goodreads Author (yet), but he does have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from his feed.

Drawing the natural world

Tablet and insect

A few weeks ago I attended a NESCBWI workshop on drawing animals, which took place at the Edna Lawrence Nature Lab at the Rhode Island School of Design. The lab is an amazing place, a huge room filled with preserved animals, insects, fish, fossils, seeds, stones — a virtual survey of the natural world. For this particular event there were also several live animals brought in, including a huge...

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Books by John Lechner

Average rating: 3.94 · 260 ratings · 75 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Sticky Burr: Adventures in Burrwood Forest (Sticky Burr #1) 3.94 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Sticky Burr: The Prickly Peril (Sticky Burr #2) 3.94 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Clever Stick 3.82 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	A Froggy Fable 4.08 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2005	My rating: