Arnold Stark Lobel was a popular American writer of books for kids. Among his most popular works are those of the Frog and Toad series, and Mouse Soup, which won the Garden State Children's Book Prize from the New Jersey Library Association.
lobel won the 1981 Caldecott Medal for his book Fables.
lobel also illustrated the books of other writers. A notable example is Sam the Minuteman by Nathaniel Benchley, which was first released in 1969.
he started life in Los Angeles, California, to Lucille Stark and Joseph Lobel. When he finished art colledge, he married Anita Kempler, who would also achieve fame as a children's book writer and artist, and they moved to New York City. He had two children: a daughter, Adrianne, who is married to actor Mark Linn-baker; a son, Adam; and three grandchildren.
in 2009, Adrianne Lobel started releasing some of her father's archive material in the form of new works, with added watercolors by herself. The Frogs and Toads All Sang was published in May 2009, and Odd Owls and Stout Pigs was published in October of 2009.
Arnold Lobel
