Fables / Arnold Lobel.

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 both wrote and illustrated those picture books, as well as Fables, for which he won the 1981 Caldecott Medal recognizing the year's best-illustrated U.S. picture book. Lobel also illustrated the works of other writers, including Sam the Minuteman by Nathaniel Benchley, published in 1969. Lobel was born in Los Angeles, California, to Lucille Stark and Joseph Lobel, but was raised in Schenectady, New York. He attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. When he graduated from art school, he married Anita Kempler, also a children's writer and illustrator. They had two children: daughter Adrianne and son Adam Lobel, and three grandchildren.

"Typography design by Kohar Alexanian ; Set in 12/16 Linotype Electra, with display in foundry Caslon Open and Caslon No. 540 ; Composed by Boro Typographers, Inc. ; Color Separations by Offset Separations Corp. ; Lithography by Federated Lithographers-Printers, Inc. ; Bound by Publishers Book Bindery, Inc. ; Printed on 80 lb. Patina Matte"--Colophon.

Art techniques used: Witty full page illustrations rendered in gouache and color pencil.

The crocodile in the bedroom -- The ducks and the fox -- King Lion and the beetle -- The lobster and the crab -- The hen and the apple tree -- The baboon's umbrella -- The frogs at the rainbow's end -- The bear and the crow -- The cat and his visions -- The ostrich in love -- The camel dances -- The poor old dog -- Madame Rhinoceros and her dress -- The bad kangaroo -- The pig at the candy store -- The elephant and his son -- The pelican and the crane -- The young rooster -- The hippopotamus at dinner -- The mouse at the seashore.

Twenty original fables about an array of animal characters from crocodile to ostrich.

540L Lexile.

Accelerated Reader MG 4.2 1.0 40318.

Reading Counts RC 3-5 5.1 2.0 3744.

Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.2 1.0 40318.

Caldecott Medal, 1981.