Background
Burkert was born in Sterling, Colorado, and moved with her family to Wisconsin in 1945.
Burkert was born in Sterling, Colorado, and moved with her family to Wisconsin in 1945.
Her most celebrated work is the picture book Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1972), which was a New York Times Notable Book and a Caldecott Honor Book (one runner-up for the Caldecott Medal). She received both her bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Burkert"s first illustration work was for James and the Giant Peach in 1961.
In 1982, she was co-author of a museum catalog for the Milwaukee Art Museum, on the Wisconsin artist John Wilde.
In 2003, she was subject of an exhibition at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst.