Biography
Lisl Weil was born in Vienna, Austria. She attended school there, and acquired a love of drawing and of music. At age sixteen she was attending art school her drawings were being published regularly in a Viennese newspaper, and she was performing with a dance group. In 1938 she spent a year in Holland, and then in 1939 she moved to New York City and worked as an artist and illustrator. In 1946, she illustrated her first children's book, Doll House by Marion Moss. Throughout her long career, Lisl Weil illustrated more than a hundred children's books, many of them her own stories.
Weil also performed with symphony orchestras by dancing and drawing on a huge easel as the orchestra played music. She also had a weekly television show called "Children's Sketch Book" from 1963-1964.
Weil also performed with symphony orchestras by dancing and drawing on a huge easel as the orchestra played music. She also had a weekly television show called "Children's Sketch Book" from 1963-1964.
Books by Lisl Weil
Wolferl
Wolferl: The First Six Years i
Wolferl: The First Six Years in the Life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
New clothes
Santa Claus around the world
Of witches and monsters and wondrous creatures
The houses we build
The houses we build
The boy who flew too near the sun
To sail a ship of treasures
Erica and her Sister's Dinosaur
I, Christopher Columbus
Our world to you with love
Walt and Pepper
Case of the Bashful Bank Robbe
Case of the Bashful Bank Robber
The Foolish King
When animals had fire
Mother Goose picture riddles
Mother Goose Picture Riddles a
Mother Goose Picture Riddles a Book of R
The riddle monster
The story of the Wise Men and the Child
Un Singe Trouble-Fete
Owl and other scrambles
Gertie and Gus
Anche per un topo
Anche per un topo
Gillie and the flattering fox
Okama kai gia enan pontiko
Okama kai gia enan pontiko
Donkey head
Gertie & Gus
If eggs had legs
The very first story ever told
Ralphi Rhino
The candy egg bunny
The Funny Old Bag
Fat Ernest
Master of all masters
51 Sycamore Lane
51 Sycamore Lane
The wiggler
The wiggler
The hopping knapsack
Golden Spinning Wheel
Golden Spinning Wheel
King Midas' secret
King Midas' secret
King Midas' secret, and other
King Midas' secret, and other follies
The golden spinning wheel
Things that go bang
Alphabet of puppy care
Alphabet of puppy care
Melissa's friend Fabrizzio
Shivers and the case of the secret hamburgers
The fantastic toy shop
The fantastic toy shop
The story of Smetana's The bar
The story of Smetana's The bartered bride
Happy birthday in Barcelona
Eyes so-o big
The happy ski ABC
The lionhearted one
Bitzli and the big bad wolf
The busiest boy in Holland
Pudding's wonderful bone
Bill the brave
Jacoble tells the truth