Anita Lobel is an award-winning author and illustrator of over fifty books for children, including the Caldecott Honor book ON MARKET STREET, her memoir and National Book Award finalist NO PRETTY PICTURES, and many other well-known picture books.  Anita attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, worked as a textile designer, and published her first book for children, SVEN’S BRIDGE, in 1965.  In addition to her prominent successes in the United States, Anita’s books have been published in French, German, Japanese, and Korean editions.  Paula Wiseman Books at Simon & Schuster has published her newest children’s books, DUCKS ON THE ROAD and GOOD MORNING, GOOD NIGHT. Anita also published an adult memento, STONE SOUP: MORSELS OF AN UNSETTLED LIFE, with Presto in 2022. Anita lives in New York City; visit her website at www.Anita-Lobel.com. 

What’s Next? Anita has another book coming from Paula Wiseman Books in 2025, ADAM’S HALLOWEEN. Paula Wiseman Books has also reissued several of Anita’s backlist titles, including PLAYFUL PIGS FROM A TO Z and ANIMAL ANTICS. More of Anita’s backlist titles are available; contact The Whiteman Agency for details.

Below you will find a sample of book jackets from Anita’s many published titles.