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Arnold Lobel

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.


“The whole world is covered in buttons, and not one of them is mine!”
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“Blah, said Toad.”
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“You can keep your willpower, Frog. I am going home to bake a cake.”
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“All the miles of a hard road are worth a moment of true happiness.”
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“Come back and wake me up.....half past May! (the Toad)”
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“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.”
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