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2 unusual facts about Arnold Lobel


Anita Lobel

While taking part in a school play at Pratt, she met her future husband, Arnold Lobel, who was the play's director.

Arnold Lobel

Lobel won the 1981 Caldecott Medal from the American Library Association, recognizing Fables as the year's best-illustrated U.S. children's picture book.


Joseph Stanton

In one of his recent books, The Important Books: Children’s Picture Books as Art and Literature, he examines the picture-books of such artist-writers as Maurice Sendak, Chris Van Allsburg, Arnold Lobel, and William Joyce.


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