![]() ![]() Though she could read and write, Lobel did not begin school until age 13. They were rescued in 1945 by the Swedish Red Cross and reunited with their parents in 1947. She and her brother were then sent to a concentration camp in Germany. 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 was born in Krakow, Poland, to a merchant family. Her childhood memoir, No Pretty Pictures, was a finalist for the National Book Award. ![]() One Lighthouse, One Moon, one of three books she created about her cat, Nini, is a New York Times Best Illustrated Book. ![]() 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. ![]()
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