Nini Lost and Found

About Anita Lobel

ANITA LOBEL is the illustrator of On Market Street written by Arnold Lobel, which was a Caldecott Honor Book. Books she has both written and illustrated include Alison's Zinnia; One Lighthouse, One Moon; 10 Hungry Rabbits; Lena's Sleep Sheep; and Nini Lost and Found, which was a Booklist Editors' Choice and a Horn Book Fanfare Best Book. Anita was awarded a National Book Honor Medal for her memoir, No Pretty Pictures. 

Praise

"There is just enough tension for the preschool audience here, but the pictures, even the semi-scary nighttime spreads, are too bountifully warm to leave anything but a happy ending in doubt." --The Horn Book, starred
-The Horn Book, starred

"It's almost impossible to glimpse Nini the tabby cat on the cover of Lobel's new book and not open it." –The New York Times

"Told with an elegant simplicity that children will appreciate, this is filled with Lobel's endearing watercolor-and-gouache artwork, with big swirls of emotion and the tiniest nod of relief in a little cat's upturned lip. A wonderful read-aloud, with the length of the text, the size of the art, and the adventure of the tale all being just right." –Booklist, starred

"Lobel captures a cat’s clear, opinionated and lovably hedonistic thinking in her simple storytelling. She also introduces the joys of home, the thrill of freedom and the scariness of the unknown to young readers, who will strain to hear the calls of Nini’s owners in the night." –Kirkus, starred

Awards

WINNER 2010 Booklist Children's Editors' Choice
WINNER 2010 Horn Book Fanfare
WINNER Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices
FINALIST Bank Street Child Study Children's Book Award