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{{Infobox writer <!-- For more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]]. -->
| name = Arnold Lobel
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| birth_name = Arnold Stark Lobel
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|05|22}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1987|12|04|1933|05|22}}
| death_place = New York City, U.S.
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| occupation = Writer, [[illustrator]]
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| nationality = American
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| genre = [[Children's literature|Children's]] [[picture books]]
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* ''[[Frog and Toad]]'' series
* ''[[Mouse Soup]]''
* ''
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| spouse = {{marriage|[[Anita Lobel|Anita Kempler]]|1955}}
| partner = Howard Weiner
| children = 2, including [[Adrianne Lobel|Adrianne]]
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| awards = {{awd |[[Caldecott Medal]] |1981}} <!-- major awards -->▼
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'''Arnold Stark Lobel''' (May 22, 1933 – December 4, 1987) was an American author of children's books, including the ''[[Frog and Toad]]'' series and ''[[Mouse Soup]]''. He wrote and illustrated these picture books as well as ''[[Fables (Lobel book)|Fables]]'', a 1981 [[Caldecott Medal]] winner for best-illustrated U.S. picture book. Lobel also illustrated books by other writers, including ''Sam the Minuteman'' by [[Nathaniel Benchley]]
==Biography==
Lobel was born in [[Los Angeles, California]], to Lucille Stark and Joseph Lobel,
In
==Writing and illustrating==
Lobel loved his work
Lobel began drawing during a period of extended illness as a second grader.<ref name="Parents Choice">{{cite web|title=Arnold Lobel|url=http://www.parents-choice.org/article.cfm?art_id=35|website=Parent's Choice|access-date=4 April 2018|archive-date=23 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723194445/http://www.parents-choice.org/article.cfm?art_id=35|url-status=dead}}</ref> On the October 25, 1950 episode of "Kukla, Fran and Ollie", Oliver J. Dragon presented "poems by Thomas Smith and drawings by Arnold Lobel from Schenectady."<ref>{{Citation |title=Kukla, Fran and Ollie - Ollie's Would-be Biography - October 25, 1950 | date=25 April 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkWkcSaM_Ys |language=en |access-date=2022-04-25}}</ref> His professional career began during the 1960s, writing and illustrating "conventional" easy readers and fables. His style could be described as minimalist<ref name="WaPo" /> and frequently had animals as the subject matter.<ref name="Parents Choice" /> Lobel used animals as characters because he felt it helped with the suspension of disbelief.<ref name="Astonished Witness" /> [[Joseph Stanton]], writing in ''The Journal of American Culture'', argues that Lobel's style was "timid" before Lobel started writing easy readers.<ref name="American Culture" />
His second book, ''A Holiday for Mister Muster'',<ref name="Parents Choice" /> and perhaps others were inspired by the [[Prospect Park Zoo]] in Brooklyn, across from which the Lobels lived
Lobel's writing and illustrations went through several phases in his career. His early works had a broad humor often in verse, a style that he would return to at other points in his career. In 1977 interview for ''[[The Lion and the Unicorn (journal)|The Lion and the Unicorn]]'', Lobel explained that he wrote these books by imagining what children would want to read. However, as he continued to write, he realized the books he was writing didn't have the "weight" to them he wished and that he was going to have to
Lobel's chosen vocabulary, subject matter, and writing style helped to re-conceive what an easy reader book could be.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Arnold Lobel |encyclopedia=Groiler Multimedia Encyclopedia |url=https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/authors/arnold-lobel/}}</ref> Lobel identified the exploration of his own feelings as a reason that he improved as a writer. In his 1977 ''The Lion and the Unicorn'' interview, Lobel discussed the ways he would work through his emotions while still maintaining his children's audience.<ref name="Lion and the Unicorn" /> This was part of Lobel's belief that adult and children emotions were more similar than different.<ref name="American Culture" /> His work was described as "sunny, warm, even cosy."<ref name="WaPo" /> Despite this, the process of writing was "painful" for Lobel, who was far more inclined to want to illustrate than write<ref name="NYT" /> and only started writing because of the increased royalties.<ref name="Lion and the Unicorn">{{cite journal |last1=Natov |first1=Roni |last2=Deluca |first2=Geraldine |title=An Interview with Arnold Lobel |journal=The Lion and the Unicorn |date=1977 |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=72–96 |id={{Project MUSE|243724}} {{ProQuest|1307995521}} |doi=10.1353/uni.0.0119 |s2cid=144959491 }}</ref> As late as 1983, Lobel felt he was beginning to trust his instincts as a writer.<ref name="Astonished Witness">Rollin, L. ''Child Lit Educ'' (1984) 15: 191. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01137182</ref> In fact, he never felt comfortable enough with his technical writing skill to consider writing a novel for adults, or a longer book for children.<ref name="Lion and the Unicorn" />
Lobel illustrated close to 100 books during his career
==''Frog and Toad'' series==
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==Awards==
Lobel is among a small group of people who have been honored as both an author and illustrator for the [[Newbery Medal|Newbery]] and [[Caldecott Medal|Caldecott]] medals.<ref name="WaPo" /> Lobel won the 1981 Caldecott Medal from the [[American Library Association]], recognizing ''[[Fables (Lobel book)|Fables]]'' as the year's best-illustrated U.S. children's picture book. His work won the Caldecott Honor in 1971 and 1972 for ''[[Frog and Toad are Friends]]'' and ''[[Hildilid's Night]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecotthonors/caldecottmedal|
website=www.ala.org|title=Caldecott Medal & Honor Books, 1938-Present|publisher=American Library Association|access-date=8 February 2015}}</ref> He won a Newbery Honor Award in 1973 for ''[[Frog and Toad Together]]'' (1972).<ref>{{Cite web|title = Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present {{!}} Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)|url = http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal#70s|website = www.ala.org|access-date = 2016-01-19}}</ref> He won the Garden State Children's Book Award from the [[New Jersey Library Association]] for ''[[Mouse Soup]]'' (1977). He was also recognized by the National Education Association, the American Library Association, the Boys’ Club, the Society of
==Theater==
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==See also==
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==References==
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<ref name=Stout1987>{{Citation |title= Arnold Lobel, Author-Illustrator |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/06/obituaries/arnold-lobel-author-illustrator.html |last= Stout |first= Hilary |date= December 6, 1987 |newspaper= [[The New York Times]] }}</ref><ref name="newyorker05312016">{{cite magazine|last1=Stokes|first1=Colin|title="Frog and Toad": An Amphibious Celebration of Same-Sex Love|url=http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/frog-and-toad-an-amphibious-celebration-of-same-sex-love|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=June 1, 2016}}</ref>
<ref name="American Culture">{{cite journal |last1=Stanton |first1=Joseph |title=Straight Man and Clown in the Picture Books of Arnold Lobel |journal=Journal of American Culture |date=1994 |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=75–84 |id={{ProQuest|200643733}} |doi=10.1111/j.1542-734X.1994.00075.x }}</ref>
<ref name=Shannon1989>Shannon, George. ''Arnold Lobel.'' Boston: Twayne, 1989, p. 8
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