Arnold Lobel

Arnold Lobel
Born Arnold Stark Lobel
(1933-05-22)May 22, 1933
Los Angeles, California
Died December 4, 1987(1987-12-04) (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.

Biography

He was born in Los Angeles, California, to Lucille Stark and Joseph Lobel, but was raised in Schenectady, New York.[1] He attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. When he graduated from art school, he married Anita Kempler, also a children's writer and illustrator. He had two children, daughter Adrianne and son Adam, and three grandchildren.

In 1974, he told his family that he was gay.[2]

Lobel died of a heart attack on December 4, 1987, at Doctors Hospital (Manhattan, New York) after suffering from AIDS for some time.[3][4][5]

In 2009, Adrianne Lobel started releasing some of her father's archive material in the form of new books, with added watercolors by herself. 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).[6] 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).[7]

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:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Arnold (Stark) Lobel Biography from Dictionary of Literary Biography on Arnold (Stark) Lobel". www.bookrags.com. Bookrags. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Stokes, Colin. ""Frog and Toad": An Amphibious Celebration of Same-Sex Love". The New Yorker. New Yorker. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Arnold Lobel, 54, author, illustrator" (Google News Archive), Ocala Star-Banner, p. 5B, December 8, 1987, retrieved January 15, 2012
  4. ↑ "It has name: AIDS" (Google News Archive), Rome News-Tribune, Associated Press, January 7, 1990, retrieved January 15, 2012
  5. ↑ Stout, Hilary (December 6, 1987), "Arnold Lobel, Author-Illustrator", The New York Times
  6. ↑ "Caldecott Medal & Honor Books, 1938-Present". www.ala.org. American Library Association. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present | Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)". www.ala.org. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
  8. ↑ Odd owls & stour pigs in libraries (WorldCat catalog). Retrieved March 12, 2014. The cover image seems to say "Words by Adrianne Lobel".
  9. ↑ The frogs and toads all sang in libraries (WorldCat catalog). Retrieved March 12, 2014.
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