Arnold Lobel

Born May 22, 1933, died December 4, 1987

Author and illustrator of many children’s books, the most popular are the Frog and Toad Series, Mouse Soup, and the book he won a Caldecott Medal for was Fables.  He has also won award for other books that he has written and/or illustrated.  He not only illustrates he own books, but he also illustrates for others as well.  A good example is Sam the Minuteman by Nathaniel Benchley, which was first published in 1969.

Books By Arnold Lobel

·        Small Pig (1969)

·        The Great Blueness (1970)

·        Frog and Toad Are Friends (1970) (A Caldecott Honor book)

·        Ice-Cream Cone Coot, and Other Rare Birds (1971)

·        Frog and Toad Together (1972) (A Newbery Honor book)

·        Mouse Tales (1972)

·        Owl at Home (1975)

·        Frog and Toad all Year (1976)

·        Mouse Soup (1977) ISBN 0060239670 (Garden State Children's Book Award winner)

·        Grasshopper on the Road (1978)

·        Days with Frog and Toad (1979)

·        Fables (1980) (A Caldecott Medal winner)

·        Uncle Elephant (1981)

·        Ming Lo Moves the Mountain (1982)

·        The Book of Pigericks: Pig Limericks (1983)

·        The Rose in My Garden (1984)

·        Whiskers & Rhymes (1985)