Ettlinger, Doris 1950-

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Ettlinger, Doris 1950-

Personal

Born 1950, on Staten Island, NY; daughter of Carlton H. (a land surveyor and engineer) and Minnie (a watercolor artist) Ettlinger; married Michael H. McFadden (an artist and teacher); children: Ivy, Benjamin. Education: Rhode Island School of Design, B.F.A. (illustration), 1973; University of Wisconsin—Madison, M.F.A., 1977.

Addresses

Home—Warren County, NJ. Agent—Cornell & McCarthy, 2-D Cross Hwy, Westport, CT 06880. E-mail—[email protected].

Career

Illustrator and teacher.

Awards, Honors

Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Award, 2004, for Pigeon Hero!; Learning magazine Teacher's Choice Award, 2006, for T Is for Teacher.

Illustrator

Janice Pratt Van Cleave, Janice Van Cleave's Magnets: Mind-Boggling Experiments You Can Turn into Science-Fair Projects, Wiley (New York, NY), 1993.

Janice Pratt Van Cleave, Janice Van Cleave's Microscopes and Magnifying Lenses: Mind-Boggling Experiments You Can Turn into Science-Fair Projects, Wiley (New York, NY), 1993.

Janice Pratt Van Cleave, Janice Van Cleave's Volcanoes: Mind-Boggling Experiments You Can Turn into Science-Fair Projects, Wiley (New York, NY), 1994.

Robert Gardner, Transportation, Twenty-first Century Books (New York, NY), 1994.

Robert Gardner, Space, Twenty-first Century Books (New York, NY), 1994.

Robert Gardner, Communication, Twenty-first Century Books (New York, NY), 1994.

Robert Gardner, Architecture, Twenty-first Century Books (New York, NY), 1994.

Robert Gardner, Electricity and Magnetism, Twenty-first Century Books (New York, NY), 1994.

Janice Pratt Van Cleave, Janice Van Cleave's Rocks and Minerals: Mind-Boggling Experiments You Can Turn into Science-Fair Projects, Wiley (New York, NY), 1996.

A Little House Birthday: Adapted from the Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1997.

Laura's Little House: Adapted from the Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder (lift-the-flap book), Harper-Festival (New York, NY), 1998.

Sugar Snow: Adapted from the Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder (lift-the-flap book), HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1998.

My Little House Book of Animals: Adapted from the Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1998.

Missouri Bound: Adapted from the Rose Years Books by Roger Lea MacBride, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1999.

Brookfield Days; Adapted from the Caroline Years Books by Maria D. Wilkes, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1999.

Frontier Family: Adapted from the Caroline Years Books by Maria D. Wilkes, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 2000.

Brookfield Friends: Adapted from the Caroline Years Books by Maria D. Wilkes, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 2000.

Rose at Rocky Ridge: Adapted from the Rose Years Books by Roger Lea MacBride, HarperTrophy (New York, NY), 2000.

Rose and Alva: Adapted from the Rose Years Books by Roger Lea MacBride, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 2000.

The Adventures of Rose and Swiney: Adapted from the Rose Years Books by Roger Lea MacBride, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 2000.

Caroline and Her Sister: Adapted from the Caroline Years Books by Maria D. Wilkes, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 2000.

Missouri School Days: Adapted from the Rose Years Books by Roger Lea MacBride, HarperTrophy (New York, NY), 2001.

A New Little Cabin: Adapted from the Caroline Years Books by Maria D. Wilkes, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 2001.

Susan E. Goodman, Cora Frear: A True Story, Aladdin (New York, NY), 2002.

Laurie Lazzaro Knowlton, Catholic Book of Bible Stories, Zonderkidz (Grand Rapids, MI), 2003.

Susan E. Goodman, Brave Kids: True Stories from America's Past: Robert Henry Hendershot, Aladdin (New York, NY), 2003.

Shirley-Raye Redmond, Pigeon Hero!, Aladdin (New York, NY), 2003.

Carol Antoinette Peacock, Pilgrim Cat, Albert Whitman (Morton Grove, IL), 2004.

Eileen Cameron, G Is for Garden State: A New Jersey Alphabet, Sleeping Bear Press (Chelsea, MI), 2004.

Lauri Lazzaro Knowlton, God's Blessings Story Bible, Zonderkidz (Grand Rapids, MI), 2004.

Steven L. Layne, T Is for Teacher: A School Alphabet, Sleeping Bear Press (Chelsea, MI), 2005.

Joan Donaldson, The Secret of the Red Shoes, Ideals Children's Books (Nashville, TN), 2005.

Michelle Medlock Adams, Memories of the Manger, Ideals Children's Books (Nashville, TN), 2005.

Illustrator, with Renee Graef, of Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House" series for HarperCollins.

Sidelights

Doris Ettlinger told SATA: "I live and work in a 150-year-old grist mill on the banks of the Musconetcong River in western New Jersey. My favorite place to be is in my studio. Because I draw every day, it becomes easier and easier to put down on paper what I see in my mind."

Biographical and Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Kirkus Reviews, February 1, 2003, review of Brave Kids: True Stories from America's Past: Robert Henry Hendershot, p. 229; August 15, 2004, review of Pilgrim Cat.

School Library Journal, August, 2002, Pat Leach, review of Cora Frear: A True Story, p. 156; September, 2004, review of Pilgrim Cat.