Arnold Lobel

Arnold Lobel was an American author and illustrator of children's books, best known for the Frog and Toad series, which ran from 1970 to 1979, and for Mouse Soup (1977). He also wrote and illustrated Fables, which won the 1981 Caldecott Medal for best-illustrated U.S. picture book, and he illustrated books by other writers, including Sam the Minuteman by Nathaniel Benchley. Lobel died in 1987.