Arnold Lobel (1933–1987) was an American author and illustrator of children’s books.
Arnold Stark Lobel was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Schenectady, New York. As a child he spent countless hours in the local public library, studying picture books and illustrations. In second grade he became seriously ill and had to stay home for long periods of time; to fight boredom, he began drawing constantly.
He studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, where he met fellow children’s book author and illustrator Anita Kempler, later known as Anita Lobel, whom he married. After graduating, he worked for advertising and trade publications while simultaneously writing and illustrating books. Lobel considered creating picture books to be a dream profession. He once said, “I cannot think of any work that could be more agreeable and fun than making books for children.”
Over the course of his career he illustrated more than one hundred books, many of them translated into dozens of languages. He is best known for writing and illustrating the Frog and Toad series, as well as books such as Owl at Home, Mouse Soup, and Fables, which received the Caldecott Medal in 1981. His work is remembered for its warmth, quiet humor, gentle melancholy, and deceptively simple storytelling.
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Fables is a 1980 picture book written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel. The book contains twenty original fables featuring all kinds of animal characters, from crocodiles and ostriches to pigs, camels, and owls. In 1981 it received the Caldecott Medal for illustration. Each fable takes up a single page and […]
