Arnold Lobel
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| Born | Arnold Stark Lobel May 22, 1933 Los Angeles, California |
| Died | December 4, 1987 (aged 54) Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer, illustrator |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Children's picture books |
| Notable works | |
| Notable awards |
Caldecott Medal 1981 |
| Spouse | Anita Lobel |
| Children | Adrianne Lobel, Adam Lobel |
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.
Lobel also illustrated the works of other writers, including Sam the Minuteman by Nathaniel Benchley, published in 1969.
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.
Lobel died of a heart attack 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.
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).
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