Role Author Nationality American Spouse Anita Lobel | Movies Uncle Elephant Name Arnold Lobel | |
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Born Arnold Stark LobelMay 22, 1933Los Angeles, California ( 1933-05-22 ) Children Adrianne Lobel, Adam Lobel Books Frog and Toad, Frog and Toad are Friends, Frog and Toad Together, Mouse Soup, Fables Similar People Anita Lobel, Cynthia Rylant, Else Holmelund Minarik, Syd Hoff, James Marshall | ||
Arnold lobel biography
Arnold Stark Lobel (May 22, 1933 – December 4, 1987) was an American author of children's books, including the Frog and Toad series and Mouse Soup. He both wrote and illustrated those picture books, as well as Fables, for which he won the 1981 Caldecott Medal recognizing the year's best-illustrated U.S. picture book.
Contents
- Arnold lobel biography
- Autores Arnold Lobel Literatura Infantil
- Biography
- Awards
- Selected works as writer
- Frog and Toad series
- Mister Muster series
- Mouse series
- As illustrator
- Written by Millicent E Selsam
- Written by Jack Prelutsky
- Written by Nathaniel Benchley
- Written by Peggy Parish
- Written by Lilian Moore
- Written by Edward Lear
- Written by Charlotte Zolotow
- Written by Jean van Leeuwen
- References
Lobel also illustrated the works of other writers, including Sam the Minuteman by Nathaniel Benchley, published in 1969.
Autores: Arnold Lobel (Literatura Infantil)
Biography
Lobel was born in Los Angeles, California, to Lucille Stark and Joseph Lobel, but was raised in Schenectady, New York. He attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. When he graduated from art school, he married Anita Kempler, also a children's writer and illustrator. They had two children: daughter Adrianne and son Adam Lobel, and three grandchildren.
In 1974, he told his family that he was gay.
He died on December 4, 1987, at Doctors Hospital in New York, after suffering from AIDS for some time.
In 2009, Adrianne Lobel started releasing some of her father's archive material in the form of new books, with added watercolors by her. The Frogs and Toads All Sang was released in May, and Odd Owls and Stout Pigs in October 2009.
Awards
Lobel won the 1981 Caldecott Medal from the American Library Association, recognizing Fables as the year's best-illustrated U.S. children's picture book. He was also a runner-up in 1971 and 1972 Medals, for Frog and Toad are Friends and Hildilid's Night (Caldecott Honor Books). He won the Garden State Children's Book Award from the New Jersey Library Association for Mouse Soup (1977). He won a Newbery Honor Award in 1973 for Frog and Toad Together (1972).
Selected works as writer
Frog and Toad series
A series of books featuring Frog and Toad
The musical A Year with Frog and Toad (workshopped 2000, premiered 2002), by Adrianne Lobel and others, played on Broadway in 2003 and has toured nationally since.
Mister Muster series
Featuring Arnold Lobel's first self-written and illustrated book
Mouse series
As illustrator
Written by Millicent E. Selsam
A series of Science I Can Read Books all written by Millicent E. Selsam and illustrated by Arnold Lobel:
Written by Jack Prelutsky
Books that Arnold Lobel illustrated for Jack Prelutsky:
Written by Nathaniel Benchley
Books that Arnold Lobel illustrated for Nathaniel Benchley:
Written by Peggy Parish
Books that Arnold Lobel illustrated for Peggy Parish:
Written by Lilian Moore
Books that Arnold Lobel illustrated for Lilian Moore:
Written by Edward Lear
Books that Arnold Lobel illustrated for Edward Lear:
Written by Charlotte Zolotow
Books that Arnold Lobel illustrated for Charlotte Zolotow:
Written by Jean van Leeuwen
Books that Arnold Lobel illustrated for Jean van Leeuwen: