![]() ![]() In 1988, she published Cathedral Mouse, which was well-received by critics and featured among the ten best children's picture books of the year, by New York Times. In 1979, her 1974 book Ida Makes a Movie was adapted into a short film by the same name. The book was critically successful, being given the American Library Association's notable book citation and Children's Book Showcase title. ![]() In 1975, she illustrated Albert's Toothache by Barbara Williams. Since then, she has written and illustrated more than fifty books. Her first book, The Repair of Uncle Toe, was published in 1972. That hip little cat whose creativity was certified by a fortune teller in A Magic Eye for Ida (KR, 1973) now has her eye on the National Film Board's contest for kids, and here she is madly shooting a TV-inspired movie starring little Coolie Pickens as a girl who is crazed by the rejection that results when she wears a green instead of a white dress to a dance. She studied book illustration at School of Visual Arts in New York from 1966-1968. She married and had three children, then moved to New York City with her family. ![]() After graduating, she went to Chelsea School of Art from 1958-1959. In 1958 she received a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from Wheaton College. ![]() Kay Chorao was born as Ann McKay Sproat in Elkhart, Indiana, into a middle-class, suburban family. ![]()
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