Arnold Lobel
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About
Children's book author and artist best remembered for Mouse Soup and the Frog and Toad series. He was the 1981 recipient of the prestigious Caldecott Medal.
Before Fame
He published his earliest works -- Prince Bertram the Bad and A Holiday for Mister Muster -- in 1963.
Trivia
He died of AIDS at the age of fifty-four.
Family Life
Born in Los Angeles, California, he grew up in Schenectady, New York. He married fellow children's book writer Anita Kempler; the couple raised a daughter and a son.
Associated With
His daughter Adrianne, a successful theatrical designer, married Broadway and television actor Mark Linn-Baker.
