Anita Kempler Lobel was born on June 2nd 1934 in Krakow, Poland. A victim of Hitler's cruelty , Anita and her brother grew up hiding from the Nazi's with her nanny. After surviving the Holocaust, Anita became an author and illustrator. Anita has published over fifty children's books and won the National Book Award in November of 1998.
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