Kelly Oechsli (23 February 1918 – 18 October 1999) was an American

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(and occasionally author) of

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. He illustrated

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and

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books, as well as children's

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e such as the young children's encyclopedia .

Books

Oechsli has been a part of a number of books which include: * The Haunting of Grade Three by Grace Maccarone, Kelly Oechsli (Illustrator) * Scruffy by Peggy Parish, Kelly Oechsli (Illustrations) * The Sesame Street Storybook by Jeff Moss, Jon Stone, Norman Stiles, Mel Crawford (Illustrator) * Weeny Witch by Ida DeLage, Kelly Oechsli (Illustrator) * A House for Little Red (Modern Curriculum Press Beginning to Read Series) by Margaret Hillert, Kelly Oechsli (Illustrator) * Mice at Bat by Kelly Oechsli * The Dragon In The Clock Box by M. Jean Craig, Kelly Oechsli (Illustrator) * The Birthday Car by Margaret Hillert, Kelly Oechsli (Illustrator) * In My Garden: A Child's Gardening Book by Helen Oechsli, Kelly Oechsli * Benny, Benny, Baseball Nut by David A. Adler, Kelly Oechsli (Illustrator) * The Haunted House by Dorothy Rose, Kelly Oechsli (Illustrator) * Humpty Dumpty's Holiday Stories by Kelly Oechsli * Red and the Pumpkins by

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, Kelly Oechsli (Illustrator) * If I Could, I Would by David R. Collins, Kelly Oechsli * Too Many Monkeys!: A Counting Rhyme by Kelly Oechsli * Gobbledy-Gook by Steven Kroll, Kelly Oechsli (Illustrator) * Playtime In The City by Leland Blair Jacobs, Kelly Oechsli (Illustrator) * The Monkey's ABC Word Book by Kelly Oechsli * Space Dog in Trouble by Natalie Standiford (Goodreads Author), Kelly Oechsli (Illustrator) * Jack Frost and the Magic Paint Brush by Kathy Darling, Kelly Oechsli * One-Minute Stories of Brothers and Sisters by Shari Lewis, Kelly Oechsli (Illustrator) * Home Sweet Home by Kelly Oechsli * Monkey And The Bee by Kelly Oechsli (Illustrator) * The Monkey And The Bee by Leland Jacobs, Kelly Oechsli (Illustrator) * Arithmetic in Verse and Rhyme by Allan D Jacobs, Leland B. Jacobs, Kelly Oechsli (Illustrator) * Humpty Dumpty's Bedtime Stories by Kelly Oechsli * The Easter Bunny's Secret by Kathy Darling, Kelly Oechsli * I Wish That I Could Have a Pet by Dorothy Rose, Kelly Oechsli (Illustrator) * ABC Pigs Go to Market by Ida DeLage, Kelly Oechsli * Christmas in Britain and Scandinavia by Lillie Patterson, Kelly Oechsli (Illustrator) * GERMS MAKE ME SICK by Parnell Donahue, Helen Capellaro, Kelly Oechsli (Illustrator) * Space Dog the Hero by Natalie Standiford (Goodreads Author), Kathleen C. Howell (Illustrator), Kelly Oechsli (Illustrator) * Peter Bull by Helen Oechsli, Kelly Oechsli * Everything Changes by Morris H. Philipson, Kelly Oechsli * Christmas Trick or Treat by Lillie Patterson, Kelly Oechsli * School by Ellen Rudin, Kelly Oechsli * Fly Away! by Helen Oechsli, Kelly Oechsli * Walter the Wolf by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Kelly Oechsli * Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll, Kelly Oechsli * Peaky Beaky, by Bertrand de Vogüé, Kelly Oechsli

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* http://www.jacketflap.com/persondetail.asp?person=87833 * from 1962 1918 births 1999 deaths American children's writers American children's book illustrators {{US-illustrator-stub