Outside In and the Inside Out: A Story About Arnold Lobel

A thoughtful and whimsical picture book about Arnold Lobel, award-winning creator of Frog and Toad.

A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of 2025

Arnold Lobel was many things: a quiet observer, an avid reader, and the kind of man who kept a gorilla suit in his closet, just in case. Above all else, Arnold was an artist and a storyteller. And he infused pieces of himself in the characters he created. This made sharing his books with the world scary sometimes—but his stories would go on to inspire and d...