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

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Series

Frog and Toad

Mouse Tales

Mister Muster

Works by Arnold Lobel

Popular Recent

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

The Frog and Toad Collection Box Set (2016) 1,067 copies

Small Pig (1969) 1,019 copies

The Frog and Toad Treasury (1996) 924 copies

Adventures of Frog & Toad (I Can Read Series) (1970) 623 copies

The Rose in My Garden (1984) 544 copies

The Arnold Lobel Book of Mother Goose: A Treasury of More Than 300 Classic Nursery Rhymes (2003) 510 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

The Great Blueness and Other Predicaments (1971) 177 copies

Lucille (1964) 147 copies

On the Day Peter Stuyvesant Sailed into Town (1971) 141 copies

The Ice-Cream Cone Coot and Other Rare Birds (1971) 131 copies

Adventures with Arnold Lobel (1988) 118 copies

A Zoo for Mister Muster (1962) 100 copies

Scary Stories to Read When It's Dark (2000) 98 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

Gregory Griggs and Other Nursery Rhyme People (1978) 54 copies

Odd Owls & Stout Pigs: A Book of Nonsense (2009) 49 copies

How the Rooster Saved the Day (1600) 48 copies

The Turnaround Wind (1712) 44 copies

The Man Who Took the Indoors Out (1974) 39 copies

Hansel and Gretel (Books for Young Readers) (1971) 29 copies

The Just Right Mother Goose (1989) 28 copies

The Arnold Lobel Treasury (Dover Children's Classics) (2014) — Author & Illustrator — 28 copies

The Frog and Toad Pop-Up Book (1986) 22 copies

Weekly reader books presents Lucille (I can read book) (1964) 20 copies

Arnold Lobel's Mother Goose for Babies (2004) 16 copies

The Bears of the Air (1965) 12 copies

Arnold Lobel Audio Collection CD (2009) 10 copies

Hulul (1976) 9 copies

Owl At Home/There Is a Carrot in My Ear (An I Can Read Activity Book) (2002) 9 copies

Arnold Lobel's Little Library of Nursery Rhymes (1990) 9 copies

A Bargain for Frances / MouseTales (2002) 9 copies

Summer Days With Frog and Toad: Four Mini Books (1994) 8 copies

The Frog and Toad Coloring Book (1986) 7 copies

Three Stories From Frog and Toad Together [7" record] (1970) 6 copies

The Letter (Summer Days with Frog and Toad: Four Mini Books) (1994) 5 copies

צפרדי וקרפד חברים 4 copies

Drinking Gourd (1983) 4 copies

Ice Cream (Summer Days with Frog and Toad: Four Mini Books) 4 copies

Ra e Sapo sao amigos (Em Portugues do Brasil) (2019) 4 copies

Saltón no camiño (tras os montes) (2017) 4 copies

Art techniques used: Graphite, Ink and watercolor using a limited palette of grays, greens and browns. 4 copies

SAPO Y SEPO UN ANO ENTERO (2010) 3 copies

Kvak i Zhab. Kruglyy god (2012) 3 copies

The Kite (Summer Days with Frog and Toad: Four Mini Books) (2010) 3 copies

Mouse Soup {VHS} (1992) 3 copies

Muis waait weg en andere verhalen (2011) 3 copies

Cookies 2 copies

maialino in fuga: PORCULUS (2020) 2 copies

Kite, The 2 copies

Sapo y Sepo. Cuentos para toda la vida (2020) 2 copies

Frog and Toad Are Friends (I Can Read! - Level 2) (Paperback) - Common 2 copies

Jean le géant (2009) 2 copies

"Mouse Tales" and "Mouse Soup" 2 copies

Two friends share experiences in each season of the year. 2 copies

Frog and Toad Are Friends: Scholastic Book Guides, Grades K-2 (2003) 2 copies

Vom Jungen der immer Hunger hatte. Erz. n. e. russischen Märchen (1981) 2 copies

Nonsense Rhymes 2 copies

Prasátko na útěku (2021) 1 copy

I Can Read Box Set of 6 ; Level 2 Readers ; Frog and Toad are Friends, Frog & Toad Together, Owl at Home, Uncle… (1990) 1 copy

HUMPTY DUM BK&DOLL SET (1988) 1 copy

Zoo For Mr. Muster, A 1 copy

Red Tag Comes Back 1 copy

Zio elefante. Prime letture. Ediz. a colori (2023) 1 copy

Frog and Toad Audio Collection 1 copy

Pan Sova (2020) 1 copy

Sopa de ratolí (2013) 1 copy

Sedm pohádek pro malé myšky (2023) 1 copy

Gufo, è ora di dormire (2022) 1 copy

Mouse Tales by Arnold Lobel (25-May-1905) Paperback 1 copy

Tsefardi Ve-Karpad Yom Yom 1 copy

Mouse Tales Audio Collection 1 copy

Meet the Newbery Author Series 1 copy

Kleiner Läufer aus dem Langhaus 1 copy

Owl at Home[OWL AT HOME][Paperback] 1 copy

とうさんおはなしして 1 copy

Rare - Arnold Lobel FABLES First edition (stated) 1980 Caldecott Award Picture Book 1 copy

Frog & Toad Together, Frog & Toad All Year, Days with Frog & Toad 1 copy

Frog and Toad Blank Journal (2004) 1 copy

Days With Frog and Toad/Who's a Pest? A Homer Story (An I Can Read Activity Book) (2003) 1 copy

Varkentje Valentijn en andere verhalen (2015) 1 copy

Leveled Guided Reading Set - Frog and Toad Are Friends (1970) 1 copy

various Frog and Toad books and other early readers 1 copy

Arnold Lobel Readers 1 copy

Frog and Toad Reader 1 copy

Sagu kontuak (Amets egiteko liburuak) (2004) 1 copy

Txerritxo (Tamaina Handia) (2009) 1 copy

The Very Tall Mouse and the Very Short Mouse 1 copy

Frog and Toad Together {video} 1 copy

Five further adventures of two best friends as they share cookies, plant a garden, and test their bravery. 1 copy

Frog and Toad (2-pack) (1. Frog and Toad Together)(2. Frog and Toad Are Friends) (1979) 1 copy

The Garden (Summer Days with Frog and Toad: Four Mini Books) 1 copy

Przez cały rok (2016) 1 copy

Frog and Toad 3-book Set Frog and Toad Together Days With Frog and Toad Frog and Toad Are Friends 1 copy

Les Quatre Saisons De Ranelot ET Bufolet (French Edition) (2005) 1 copy

You and Me (1986) 1 copy

Razem (2015) 1 copy

Frosch und Kröte und ihr Drachen (1984) 1 copy

Lucille (An I Can Read Book) 1 copy

Los osos del aire (2021) 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Random House Book of Poetry for Children (1983) — Illustrator — 1,618 copies

The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud (1998) — Author — 1,527 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 Headless Horseman Rides Tonight: More Poems to Trouble Your Sleep (1980) — Illustrator — 148 copies

The Children's Treasury: Best Loved Stories and Poems from Around the World (1987) — Contributor — 144 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 Goes Shopping: A Guessing Game Story (Guessing-Game Story) (1986) — Illustrator — 33 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

The New Illustrated Hebrew-English Dictionary for Young Readers (1958) — Illustrator — 18 copies

Where a Tall Tree Stands: Grasshopper on the Road, We're Going on a Bear Hunt, As the Crow Flies: A First Book of Maps,… (1995) — Illustrator — 9 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. 8, No. 4, December 1980 — Illustrator — 2 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 1, September 1976 — Contributor — 2 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 1, September 1978 (1978) — Contributor — 2 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Lobel, Arnold Stark
Birthdate: 1933-05-22
Date of death: 1987-12-04
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Place of death: Manhattan, New York, USA
Cause of death: He died of cardiac arrest after suffering from AIDS for some time
Places of residence: Schenectady, New York, USA
New York, New York, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupations: children's book author
illustrator
Relationships: Lobel, Anita (spouse)
Lobel, Adrianne (daughter)

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Reviews

On Market Street by Arnold Lobel

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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Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel

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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Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel

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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Fables by Arnold Lobel

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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