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Anita Lobel (née Kempler) was born on June 2, 1934. She is a Polish-American illustrator of children's books, including A New Coat for Anna, This Quiet Lady, Alison's Zinnia, and On Market Street, which won a Caldecott Honor for illustrations. One Lighthouse, One Moon, one of two 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.
Lobel was born in Krakow, Poland. She was forced to hide in a convent during WWII, but was captured by the Nazis. She and her brother were forced to go into a concentration camp in Germany; they were rescued in 1945 by the Swedish Red Cross. They were lucky to be reunited with their parents in 1947. In 1952, her family moved to New York, and she then attended Pratt Institute for Art. Lobel graduated with a B. F. A. in Fine Arts. Lobel met her husband, Arnold, at Pratt while acting in a play.
Anita's major works include: Alison's Zinnias, Sven's Bridge, On Market Street, and One Lighthouse, One Moon. She has been nominated for numerous awards including selections for the Best Illustrated Book from New York Times Book Reviews (Sven's Bridge, On Market Street and One Lighthouse, One Moon). On Market Street also received a Caldecott Honor Book Award, a Boston Globe/Horn Book Award (illustration), and is an American Book Award finalist.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Anita Lobel (née Kempler) was born on June 2, 1934. She is a Polish-American illustrator of children's books, including A New Coat for Anna, This Quiet Lady, Alison's Zinnia, and On Market Street, which won a Caldecott Honor for illustrations. One Lighthouse, One Moon, one of two 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.
Lobel was born in Krakow, Poland. She was forced to hide in a convent during WWII, but was captured by the Nazis. She and her brother were forced to go into a concentration camp in Germany; they were rescued in 1945 by the Swedish Red Cross. They were lucky to be reunited with their parents in 1947. In 1952, her family moved to New York, and she then attended Pratt Institute for Art. Lobel graduated with a B. F. A. in Fine Arts. Lobel met her husband, Arnold, at Pratt while acting in a play.
Anita's major works include: Alison's Zinnias, Sven's Bridge, On Market Street, and One Lighthouse, One Moon. She has been nominated for numerous awards including selections for the Best Illustrated Book from New York Times Book Reviews (Sven's Bridge, On Market Street and One Lighthouse, One Moon). On Market Street also received a Caldecott Honor Book Award, a Boston Globe/Horn Book Award (illustration), and is an American Book Award finalist.
(Bowker Author Biography)
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Kirkus Review
Identified on the jacket as an ""old tale"" renewed, this is the story of a poor little peasant girl who lives with her parents in a thatched-roofed cottage ""at the edge of a big forest."" When the cupboard is bare the little girl, like Jack of the beanstalk, sets off to market to sell the family cow. The girl, though, is kidnapped by robbers who lock her up in their house to clean and cook for them while they go out every day to steal. She finally escapes by covering herself with honey and feathers and jumping out the window with a pillow case of robbed treasure. The returning robbers, passing what they believe to be a strange bird, go in to demand dinner of a large straw doll the girl has dressed in her own clothing. The robbers' gullible reaction, attacking the unresponsive ""maid"" and then accusing each other of killing her as the straw files, may seem simply far-fetched in this literal easy-reading description. But Lobel's charming pictures of the little girl's bird disguise and her smartly decorative, amusingly eloquent deployment of the trio of robbers strengthen the anecdote. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Kirkus Review
Identified on the jacket as an ""old tale"" renewed, this is the story of a poor little peasant girl who lives with her parents in a thatched-roofed cottage ""at the edge of a big forest."" When the cupboard is bare the little girl, like Jack of the beanstalk, sets off to market to sell the family cow. The girl, though, is kidnapped by robbers who lock her up in their house to clean and cook for them while they go out every day to steal. She finally escapes by covering herself with honey and feathers and jumping out the window with a pillow case of robbed treasure. The returning robbers, passing what they believe to be a strange bird, go in to demand dinner of a large straw doll the girl has dressed in her own clothing. The robbers' gullible reaction, attacking the unresponsive ""maid"" and then accusing each other of killing her as the straw files, may seem simply far-fetched in this literal easy-reading description. But Lobel's charming pictures of the little girl's bird disguise and her smartly decorative, amusingly eloquent deployment of the trio of robbers strengthen the anecdote. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
