Arnold Lobel

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born

May 22, 1933 in Schenectady, New York, The United States

died

December 04, 1987

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male

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Children's Books

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Arnold Stark Lobel was a popular American author of children's books. Among his most popular books are those of the Frog and Toad series, and Mouse Soup, which won the Garden State Children's Book Award from the New Jersey Library Association.

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Average rating: 4.16 · 44,972 ratings · 1,606 reviews · 123 distinct works

	Frog and Toad Are Friends 4.11 avg rating — 17,379 ratings — published 1970 — 28 editions	My rating:
	Frog and Toad Together 4.15 avg rating — 8,897 ratings — published 1972 — 26 editions	My rating:
	Frog and Toad All Year 4.29 avg rating — 5,941 ratings — published 1948 — 32 editions	My rating:
	Days with Frog and Toad 4.18 avg rating — 2,528 ratings — published 1979 — 26 editions	My rating:
	The Frog and Toad Treasury: Frog and Toad are friends / Frog and Toad together / Frog and Toad all year. 4.36 avg rating — 2,821 ratings — published 1970 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Owl at Home 4.11 avg rating — 1,465 ratings — published 1975 — 27 editions	My rating:
	Fables 4.02 avg rating — 1,454 ratings — published 1980 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Mouse Tales 4.13 avg rating — 898 ratings — published 1972 — 20 editions	My rating:
	Mouse Soup 4.11 avg rating — 837 ratings — published 1977 — 22 editions	My rating:
	Frog And Toad Book Set: Frog And Toad Are Friends; Frog And Toad Together; Days With Frog And Toad; Frog And Toad All Year 4.41 avg rating — 277 ratings — published 1987 — 2 editions	My rating:

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I Can Read Book-Level 2 (171 books)
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Frog and Toad (4 books)
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4.16 avg rating — 34,643 ratings

Quotes by Arnold Lobel

“Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.”
― Arnold Lobel

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“All the miles of a hard road are worth a moment of true happiness.”
― Arnold Lobel, Fables

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“You can keep your willpower, Frog. I am going home to bake a cake.”
― Arnold Lobel, Frog and Toad Together

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Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel

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The Voyagers: Being Legends and Romances of Atlantic Discovery by Padraic Colum

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Whistler's Van by Idwal Jones

1 vote 16.7%

Like Jake and Me by Mavis Jukes

1 vote 16.7%

Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer

1 vote 16.7%

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