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Edgar and Ingri D'Aulaire met in Munich, where both were studying art, in the 1920s. Shortly after their marriage they moved to the United States and began to create the picture books that have established their reputation for unique craftsmanship. Their books were known for their vivid lasting color because of the pain-staking process of stone lithography which they used for all their American history biographies. This was an old-world craft of which they were both expert and involved actually tracing their images on large slabs of Bavarian limestone. Throughout their long careers, Ingri and Edgar worked as a team on both art and text. Their research took them to the actual places with which their biographies had to do, including the countries of Italy, Portugal and Spain, when they were researching for Columbus, the hills of Virginia while they researched for Washington, and the wilds of Kentucky and Illinois for Abraham Lincoln. The fact that they spoke 5 languages fluently served them well in their European travels and while they researched original documents. Since their deaths in the 1980's, their books and work have been kept alive by their two sons, Ola and Nils.

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	Abraham Lincoln by Edgar & Ingri D'Aulaire 75th Anniversary Edition from Beautiful Feet Books Picture Book Biography for 3rd-6th grade 1940 Caldecott Medal winner in Biographies (Location: BIO) $15.26
	Benjamin Franklin by Edgar & Ingri D'Aulaire from Beautiful Feet Books Picture Book Biography for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $15.26
	Benjamin Franklin by Edgar & Ingri D'Aulaire from Doubleday & Company Picture Book Biography for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage & Collectible (Location: VIN-COL) $21.25 (1 in stock)
	Buffalo Bill by Edgar & Ingri D'Aulaire from Beautiful Feet Books Picture Book Biography for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $15.26
	Children of the Northlights by Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, Ingri d'Aulaire Reprint from University of Minnesota for Preschool-4th grade in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER) $14.41
	Columbus by Edgar & Ingri D'Aulaire from Beautiful Feet Books Biography for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $15.26
	D'Aulaire American Biographies Package by Edgar & Ingri D'Aulaire from Beautiful Feet Books Biography for Kindergarten-8th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $100.52
	D'Aulaires' Book of Animals by Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, Ingri d'Aulaire from New York Review of Books for Preschool-4th grade in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER) $16.96
	D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths by Edgar & Ingri D'Aulaire from Yearling Greek Mythology for 4th-8th grade in Oversized History Books (Location: HISW-OVER) $16.99 $10.50 (2 in stock)
	D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths - Audio CD by Edgar & Ingri D'Aulaire from Yearling Greek Mythology for 4th-8th grade in Ancient Greece (Location: HISW-ANGR) $21.25
	D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths by Edgar & Ingri D'Aulaire from New York Review of Books Norse Mythology for 3rd-8th grade in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER) $25.46
	D'Aulaires' Book of Trolls by Edgar & Ingri D'Aulaire from New York Review of Books for 3rd-6th grade in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER) $19.51
	George Washington by Edgar & Ingri D'Aulaire from Beautiful Feet Books Picture Book Biography for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $15.26
	George Washington by Edgar & Ingri D'Aulaire from Doubleday & Company Picture Book Biography for 3rd-6th grade in Vintage & Collectible (Location: VIN-COL) $29.75 (1 in stock)
	Leif the Lucky by Edgar & Ingri D'Aulaire from Beautiful Feet Books Biography for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $15.26
	Leif the Lucky by Edgar & Ingri D'Aulaire from University of Minnesota Biography for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $14.44
	Ola by Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, Ingri d'Aulaire Reprint from University of Minnesota for 3rd-6th grade in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER) $14.41
	Pocahontas by Edgar & Ingri D'Aulaire from Beautiful Feet Books Picture Book Biography for 3rd-6th grade in Biographies (Location: BIO) $15.26 $8.08 (1 in stock)

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