Betsy Lewin, Children's Author, at the Millburn Library

"Click Clack Moo".  "Duck for President".  "Thump, Quack, Moo".  These are all book titles by Betsy Lewin, noted illustrator & author of children's books. 

She will be appearing at the Millburn Free Public Library on Thursday, May 27^th at 1:00 pm for children ages 3-5 and at 3:00 for those aged 6 and up.  Her work is instantly recognizable and those in attendance will get a chance to do their own drawing under Ms. Lewin's direction.

"Betsy Lewin grew up in Clearfield, Pennsylvania. She always loved to draw and can't remember wanting to be anything but an artist. Her mother, a kindergarten teacher, is responsible for her love of children's books. She read to Betsy and her brother every night: Winnie The Pooh, The Adventures of Babar, Uncle Remus, and all the fairy tale books. The illustrators A.B. Frost and Ernest Shepard were among her earliest heros. Later on when she started illustrating for children, Betsy realized how strongly she'd been influenced by James Stevenson and Quentin Blake.

After graduating from Pratt Institute where she studied illustration, Betsy designed greeting cards. Then she began to write and illustrate stories for children's magazines. When an editor at Dodd, Mead & Company asked her to expand one of those stories into a picture book, Betsy says, "I jumped at the chance. I've been doing picture books ever since and loving every moment….

Many of Betsy's books have appeared on the New York Times Best Seller List and she has garnered many awards including a silver medal from the Society of Illustrators, and a Caldecott Honor for Click, Clack, Moo; Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin."

Please register for one of these sessions by going to www.mfplib.org and then clicking on the listing for "Online Calendar".  Once there, look on May 27^th and choose the "Meet Betsy Lewin" listing for either 1:00 or 3:00