Critics have praised her works for their "entertaining illustrations" and "imaginative settings." Lorna Balian's books have a "droll sense of humor" and her plots reflect a "childlike imagination." Lorna Balian's sense of humor also "shines through in imaginative tales based on everyday events" as in The Sweet Touch (1976), the story of a wish and an inexperienced genie that results in too many sweets. In 1964, she illustrated an adaptation of John Godfrey Saxe's poem An Elephant, and in 1965 wrote and illustrated Humbug Witch, a humorous story about a little "witch." Over the next few decades, she published many books, including others with a holiday theme such as Humbug Rabbit (1974), an Easter story, and A Sweetheart for Valentine (1979). She studied at the Layton School of Art from 1948-1949 and later worked as an artist at the American Lace Company in Milwaukee and as a freelance artist. Lorna Balian, nee Kohl, was born Decemin Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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