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Arnold Lobel (1933–1987)

Author of Frog and Toad are Friends

121+ Works 55,135 Members 884 Reviews 19 Favorited

About the Author

Arnold Stark Lobel (May 22, 1933-December 4, 1987) was a popular American author of children's books. Among his most popular books are those of the Frog and Toad series, and Mouse Soup, which won the Garden State Children's Book Award from the New Jersey Library Association. Lobel won the 1981 show more Caldecott Medal for his book, Fables. Lobel also illustrated the works of other authors. A notable example is Sam the Minuteman by Nathaniel Benchley, which was first published in 1969. He was born in Los Angeles, California. When he graduated from art school, he married Anita Kempler, who also achieved fame as a children's book author and illustrator. Lobel died ion December 4,1987 due to complications arising from AIDS. He was 54 years old. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Series

Works by Arnold Lobel

Frog and Toad are Friends (1970) 10,071 copies
Frog and Toad Together (1971) 7,815 copies
Frog and Toad All Year (1976) 5,620 copies
Days with Frog and Toad (1979) 4,604 copies
Mouse Soup (1977) 3,754 copies
Owl at Home (1975) 3,407 copies
Fables (1980) 3,326 copies
Mouse Tales (1972) 2,816 copies
Ming Lo Moves the Mountain (1982) 1,535 copies
On Market Street (1981) 1,402 copies
Uncle Elephant (1981) 1,099 copies
Grasshopper on the Road (1978) 1,073 copies
Small Pig (1969) 1,019 copies
The Frog and Toad Treasury (1996) 924 copies
The Rose in My Garden (1984) 544 copies
A Treeful of Pigs (1948) 467 copies
Whiskers & Rhymes (1985) 311 copies
Giant John (1964) 299 copies
I'll Fix Anthony (Aladdin Picture Books) (1969) — Illustrator; Illustrator; Illustrator — 285 copies
The Book of Pigericks (1983) 258 copies
The Frogs and Toads All Sang (2009) 246 copies
The Strange Disappearance of Arthur Cluck (1967) — Illustrator — 234 copies
Lucille (1964) 147 copies
Adventures with Arnold Lobel (1988) 118 copies
A Zoo for Mister Muster (1962) 100 copies
Prince Bertram the Bad (1874) 97 copies
An Arnold Lobel Treasury (An I Can Read Book) (1986) — Author & Illustrator — 95 copies
Martha the Movie Mouse (1966) 93 copies
A Holiday for Mister Muster (1963) 65 copies
The Turnaround Wind (1712) 44 copies
The Just Right Mother Goose (1989) 28 copies
The Arnold Lobel Treasury (Dover Children's Classics) (2014) — Author & Illustrator — 28 copies
The Bears of the Air (1965) 12 copies
Hulul (1976) 9 copies
Drinking Gourd (1983) 4 copies
SAPO Y SEPO UN ANO ENTERO (2010) 3 copies
Kvak i Zhab. Kruglyy god (2012) 3 copies
Mouse Soup {VHS} (1992) 3 copies
Cookies 2 copies
Kite, The 2 copies
Jean le géant (2009) 2 copies
Nonsense Rhymes 2 copies
Prasátko na útěku (2021) 1 copy
HUMPTY DUM BK&DOLL SET (1988) 1 copy
Pan Sova (2020) 1 copy
Sopa de ratolí (2013) 1 copy
Przez cały rok (2016) 1 copy
You and Me (1986) 1 copy
Razem (2015) 1 copy
Los osos del aire (2021) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Random House Book of Poetry for Children (1983) — Illustrator — 1,618 copies
Sam the Minuteman (1969) — Illustrator — 1,304 copies
Greg's Microscope (1963) — Illustrator; Foreword, some editions — 1,249 copies
Dinosaur Time (1974) — Illustrator; Illustrator — 1,161 copies
Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child's Book of Poems (1988) — Illustrator — 966 copies
Tyrannosaurus was a beast : dinosaur poems (1988) — Illustrator — 714 copies
Miss Suzy (1964) — Illustrator — 714 copies
Oscar Otter (1966) — Illustrator — 618 copies
Red Fox and His Canoe (1964) — Illustrator — 533 copies
Hildilid's Night (1971) — Illustrator — 409 copies
Tales of Oliver Pig (1979) — Illustrator — 409 copies
The Secret Three (1963) — Illustrator — 379 copies
Let's Get Turtles (1965) — Illustrator; Illustrator — 364 copies
Little Runner of the Longhouse (1962) — Illustrator — 346 copies
Terry and the Caterpillars (1962) — Illustrator — 339 copies
More Tales of Oliver Pig (1981) — Illustrator, some editions — 295 copies
A Three Hat Day (1985) — Illustrator — 293 copies
The Quarreling Book (1963) — Illustrator — 272 copies
Benny's Animals and How He Put Them in Order (1966) — Illustrator — 220 copies
The Tale of Meshka the Kvetch (1980) — Illustrator — 164 copies
Red Tag Comes Back (1961) — Illustrator — 163 copies
Junk Day On Juniper Street and Other Easy-to-Read Stories (1969) — Illustrator — 151 copies
The Magic Spectacles and Other Easy-to-Read Stories (1965) — Illustrator — 141 copies
Seahorse (A Science I can read book) (1972) — Illustrator — 109 copies
Friendship Stories You Can Share (2001) — Contributor — 104 copies
Ants Are Fun (1968) — Illustrator; some editions — 98 copies
The Complete Guide to Hanukkah (1959) — Illustrator — 93 copies
Bear Gets Dressed: A Guessing Game Story (1986) — Illustrator — 82 copies
Someday (1807) — Illustrator — 80 copies
As I Was Crossing Boston Common (1543) — Illustrator — 76 copies
Bear's busy morning: A guessing-game story (1733) — Illustrator — 43 copies
It's Fun To Be Five (2000) — Contributor — 35 copies
Bear All Year: A Guessing Game Story (1986) — Illustrator — 31 copies
The Devil & Mother Crump (1987) — Illustrator — 29 copies
The Four Little Children Who Went Around the World (1967) — Illustrator, some editions — 27 copies
As Right as Right Can Be (1976) — Illustrator — 20 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 1, September 1974 (1974) — Contributor — 7 copies
Ingelijst — Contributor — 4 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 4, December 1976 (1976) — Contributor — 4 copies
Frog and Toad Are Friends [1985 short film] (1985) — Narrator — 4 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 5, January 1981 (1981) — Illustrator — 3 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 1, September 1975 (1975) — Contributor — 3 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 2, October 1976 (1976) — Illustrator — 3 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 1, September 1977 (1977) — Contributor — 3 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 1, September 1978 (1978) — Contributor — 2 copies

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Have you ever seen a man dressed entirely in playing cards? Or a girl wearing a lollipop dress? Then take a stroll through a most unusual market in this Caldecott Honor Book created by Anita Lobel and Arnold Lobel.

Here is a world of wonders, from A to Z. Inspired by seventeenth-century French trade engravings, Anita Lobel's brilliant paintings of the shopkeepers on Market Street--each composed of his or her wares--will provide blissful hours for all who join the Lobels on an unforgettable shopping spree.… (more)
 
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PlumfieldCH | 30 other reviews | Nov 29, 2023 |
Owl lives by himself in a warm little house. But whether Owl is inviting Winter in on a snowy night or welcoming a new friend he meets while on a stroll, Owl always has room for visitors!
 
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PlumfieldCH | 43 other reviews | Sep 21, 2023 |
From writing letters to going swimming, telling stories to finding lost buttons, Frog and Toad are always there for each other--just as best friends should be.
 
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PlumfieldCH | 254 other reviews | Sep 21, 2023 |
A pig flying through marshmallow clouds? A camel pirouetting through the desert? Where else could a reader find such marvelous things but in a fable? From the author-illustrator behind beloved Frog and Toad, Arnold Lobel, comes a collection of humorous, silly fables that will delight readers young and old.
 
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Works
121
Also by
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Members
55,135
Popularity
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Rating
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Reviews
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ISBNs
873
Languages
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Favorited
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