Hello there! Welcome to my website! My name is Kevin Luthardt. I am a children's author, illustrator, artist, and muralist. I invite you to click around to look at pictures and find out information about me and my work. Enjoy your visit, and stay as long as you wish!

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The Vowel Family Book Cover

"The Vowel Family: a Tale of Lost Letters"

(written by Sally M. Walker, illustrated by Kevin Luthardt)

is on the ALA Book Links Magazine's "Lasting Connections" list of

best books of 2008 for curriculum use!!!

Visit Book Links to see the list.

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"Flying" Cover

COMING SOON!!!

"Flying!"

Peachtree Publishers

to be released March 1, 2009

Papa, why can’t I fly? a boy asks his father. His father’s simple answer leads to another question, and then another, until the father playfully demonstrates to his son all the things the child can do. In the end the boy discovers that with a little imagination and some help from his dad he can fly—even without wings!

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Larabee in Korean Cover

"Larabee"

Now in Korean!!!

Also... now in Paperback (released in March, 2009)!!!

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RECENTLY COMPLETED MURAL PROJECTS:

The Goddard School

801 Georgetown Drive, Cary, IL 60013

The Goddard School Main entrance mural

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Chicago Public Schools Area 21 Office

54 N. Hermitage, Chicago, IL

CPS AREA 21 MURAL

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Tender Loving Care Pediatrics

1400 Lincoln Hwy. A, St. Charles, IL 60174

TLC Pediatrics Mural

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