Alona Frankel
Encyclopedia
Alona Frankel is a Polish
-born Israel
i author
and illustrator
of children's books.
She was born in Cracow, Poland and hid throughout the Holocaust, in 1949 she moved to Israel
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It was first published in 1975 and became an instant best seller. Frankel gained international popularity and recognition when Once Upon a Potty appeared in English in 1980 for girls - Prudence
- and boys - Joshua
. These #1 all-time classic books and videos have sold over 5,000,000 copies in the United States alone. They were listed as No. 1 (His) and No. 3 (Hers) in Publisher Weekly's all-time best-selling Hardcover Childcare charts. Alona Frankel has written and illustrated many other Joshua and Prudence titles for children and their caregivers worldwide.
for Literature for her memoir, "Girl," about a young Jewish girl in Poland during the early 1940s.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
-born Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i author
Author
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and illustrator
Illustrator
An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
of children's books.
She was born in Cracow, Poland and hid throughout the Holocaust, in 1949 she moved to Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
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Biography
Frankel started writing when her son Michael was a baby, creating a book for him called Once Upon a PottyOnce Upon a Potty
Once Upon a Potty is a children's book by Alona Frankel that is aimed to help potty training. Its original version was published in 1975 in Hebrew and referred to boys only. Up to 2009, there are versions of it referring to girls too, and translations of it to various languages were published, and...
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It was first published in 1975 and became an instant best seller. Frankel gained international popularity and recognition when Once Upon a Potty appeared in English in 1980 for girls - Prudence
Prudence
Prudence is the ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason. It is classically considered to be a virtue, and in particular one of the four Cardinal virtues .The word comes from Old French prudence , from Latin...
- and boys - Joshua
Joshua
Joshua , is a minor figure in the Torah, being one of the spies for Israel and in few passages as Moses's assistant. He turns to be the central character in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Joshua...
. These #1 all-time classic books and videos have sold over 5,000,000 copies in the United States alone. They were listed as No. 1 (His) and No. 3 (Hers) in Publisher Weekly's all-time best-selling Hardcover Childcare charts. Alona Frankel has written and illustrated many other Joshua and Prudence titles for children and their caregivers worldwide.
Awards
In 2005, Frankel won Israel's Sapir PrizeSapir Prize
The Sapir Prize for Literature of Israel is a prestigious annual literary award presented for a work of fine literature. The prize is awarded by Mifal Hapayis , and is a part of the organization's cultural initiatives...
for Literature for her memoir, "Girl," about a young Jewish girl in Poland during the early 1940s.