![]() Lobel also illustrated other writers' texts that captured his fancy. In addition to the Frog and Toad books, Owl at Home, Mouse Tales, The Book of Pigericks, and many other popular books he created, Mr. With writing, I don't really know what I'm doing. 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. Lobel called himself a "lucky amateur" in terms of his writing. Though he was a born storyteller - he 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. But to his greatest credit, he had a following of literally millions of young children with whom he shared the warmth and humor of his unpretentious vision of life. ![]() ![]() To his writing credit, he had a Newbery Honor Book - Frog and Toad Together (1973). 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). During his distinguished career Arnold Lobel wrote and/or illustrated over 70 books for children. ![]()
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