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Anita Lobel (Anita Kempler) was born on 2 June, 1934 in Kraków, Poland, is a Polish-American children's illustrator. Discover Anita Lobel's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 89 years old?

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Occupation Illustrator
Age 89 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 2 June, 1934
Birthday 2 June
Birthplace Kraków, Poland
Nationality Poland

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Her husband is Arnold Lobel

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Children Adrianne Lobel, Adam Lobel

Anita Lobel Net Worth

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1934

Anita Lobel (née Kempler; born June 2, 1934) is a Polish-American illustrator of children's books, including On Market Street, written by her husband Arnold Lobel and a Caldecott Honor Book for illustration, A New Coat for Anna, Alison's Zinnia, and This Quiet Lady.

One Lighthouse, One Moon, one of three books she created about her cat, Nini, is a New York Times Best Illustrated Book.

Her childhood memoir, No Pretty Pictures, was a finalist for the National Book Award.

She was born in Kraków, Poland, to a merchant family.

When she was five years old, World War II began and she, her brother and their nanny, whom they called Niania, were forced into hiding for the next four and a half years, first in the countryside, then in a ghetto, and finally in a convent, where the Nazis caught them.

She and her brother were then sent to a concentration camp in Germany.

1939

The story begins in 1939, when she was five years old, and continues through 1947, when she and her brother were reunited with their parents.

After that, she illustrated a counting book, One Lighthouse, One Moon.

Throughout this time, she has illustrated works of other authors, including Charlotte S. Huck and Kevin Henkes.

1945

They were rescued in 1945 by the Swedish Red Cross and reunited with their parents in 1947.

Though she could read and write, Lobel did not begin school until age 13.

1952

In 1952, her family moved from Sweden to New York City where she graduated from Washington Irving High School and earned a B.F.A. in fine arts from Pratt Institute.

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

After graduation, she worked for several years as a textile designer until Susan Hirschman asked her to make a book.

1965

Published in 1965, Sven's Bridge was the first book she wrote and illustrated.

The illustrations include examples of Swedish folk designs from the author's childhood.

Her third book, Potatoes, Potatoes, is based partly on her childhood in Poland, and her fourth book, The Troll Music, "was mainly inspired by the bottom parts of medieval tapestries with all the vegetation and little animals running around."

For many years, she worked with her husband, writer-illustrator Arnold Lobel.

They had two children – daughter Adrianne and son Adam – and three grandchildren.

Their first and second collaborations were How the Rooster Saved the Day and A Treeful of Pigs.

Anita Lobel has received three Best Illustrated Book selections from The New York Times Book Review, in 1965 for Sven's Bridge, in 1981 for On Market Street, and in 2000 for One Lighthouse, One Moon.

1977

How the Rooster Saved the Day is a New York Times Outstanding Book selection for 1977.

As writer only

As illustrator

1981

Two picture books created by Arnold and Anita Lobel were Boston Globe–Horn Book Award runners-up (one of three Honor Books in each case): On Market Street in 1981 and The Rose in My Garden in 1984.

On Market Street was also a finalist for the Caldecott Medal (children's picture book illustration, Anita Lobel) and National Book Award (hardcover picture books, both authors).

1982

She received a Caldecott Honor in 1982 for another, On Market Street.

1987

After her husband's death in 1987, she went on to write and illustrate Alison's Zinnia and Away from Home, a companion piece focusing on boys rather than girls.

1998

In 1998, she produced No Pretty Pictures, which is a memoir of her childhood.

The memoir No Pretty Pictures was one of five finalists for the 1998 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.

It won a Judy Lopez Memorial Medal for Children's Literature, an Orbis Pictus Award, a Golden Kite Award, a Sydney Taylor Award Honor Book, a Booklist editor's choice, a River Bank Review Children's Books of Distinction finalist, an American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults citation, and a Gradiva Award for Best Memoir.