Books By Riki Levinson - Author

Riki Levinson had a long, successful career as a graphic artist and calligrapher, starting as an assistant to Herbert Binder, a Bauhaus-trained graphic artist. After a year she opened her own studio, mainly designing book jackets, including those for important works such as John F. Kennedy's Profiles In Courage and William Faulkner's A Fable. In 1970, Riki became Art Director for Western Publishing Company's Education Division. Two years later, she moved to E.P. Dutton as Art Director for Children's Books and was later also Associate Publisher. She retired from full-time work at Dutton in 1991, continuing as a consultant on picture books until 1999. Riki wrote her first children's book, Watch the Stars Come Out, while still at Dutton. Based on her mother's trip to America as a young girl, it was a Reading Rainbow feature on PBS, one of Redbook's "Top Ten Picture Books," plus many other awards Ten more award-winning children's books followed. - See more at: http://