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Arnold Lobel BIOGRAPHY
1933 Los Angeles, California - 1987 New York, New York. Known for: Cartoon/comic, illustration.
During his career Arnold Lobel wrote and/or illustrated over seventy books for children. To his illustrating credit, he had a Caldecott Medal book -- Fables (1981) -- and two Caldecott Honor... Read full biography
During his career Arnold Lobel wrote and/or illustrated over seventy books for children. To his illustrating credit, he had a Caldecott Medal book -- Fables (1981) -- and two Caldecott Honor Books-His Own Frog and Toad are Friends (1971) and Hildilid's Night by Cheli Duran Ryan (1972). For his... Read full biography
During his career Arnold Lobel wrote and/or illustrated over seventy books for children. To his illustrating credit, he had a Caldecott Medal book -- Fables (1981) -- and two Caldecott Honor Books-His Own Frog and Toad are Friends (1971) and Hildilid's Night by Cheli Duran Ryan (1972). For his writing, he received a Newbery Honor Award for Frog and Toad Together (1973). Though he was a born storyteller -- Arnold Lobel began making up stories extemporaneously to entertain his fellow... Read full biography
During his career Arnold Lobel wrote and/or illustrated over seventy books for children. To his illustrating credit, he had a Caldecott Medal book -- Fables (1981) -- and two Caldecott Honor Books-His Own Frog and Toad are Friends (1971) and Hildilid's Night by Cheli Duran Ryan (1972). For his writing, he received a Newbery Honor Award for Frog and Toad Together (1973). Though he was a born storyteller -- Arnold Lobel began making up stories extemporaneously to entertain his fellow second-graders in Schenectady, New York, where he grew up in the care of his grandparents. Mr. Lobel called himself a "lucky amateur" in terms of his writing. Viewing himself as a professionally trained illustrator (he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree... Read full biography
During his career Arnold Lobel wrote and/or illustrated over seventy books for children. To his illustrating credit, he had a Caldecott Medal book -- Fables (1981) -- and two Caldecott Honor Books-His Own Frog and Toad are Friends (1971) and Hildilid's Night by Cheli Duran Ryan (1972). For his writing, he received a Newbery Honor Award for Frog and Toad Together (1973). Though he was a born storyteller -- Arnold Lobel began making up stories extemporaneously to entertain his fellow second-graders in Schenectady, New York, where he grew up in the care of his grandparents. Mr. Lobel called himself a "lucky amateur" in terms of his writing. Viewing himself as a professionally trained illustrator (he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Pratt Institute), he said, "I know how to draw pictures. With writing, I don't really know... Read full biography
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During his career Arnold Lobel wrote and/or illustrated over seventy books for children. To his illustrating credit, he had a Caldecott Medal book -- Fables (1981) -- and two Caldecott Honor Books-His Own Frog and Toad are Friends (1971) and Hildilid's Night by Cheli Duran Ryan (1972). For his writing, he received a Newbery Honor Award for Frog and Toad Together (1973).
Though he was a born storyteller -- Arnold Lobel began making up stories extemporaneously to entertain his fellow second-graders in Schenectady, New York, where he grew up in the care of his grandparents. Mr. Lobel called himself a "lucky amateur" in terms of his writing. Viewing himself as a professionally trained i...But wait, there's more...
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