Bernard Waber

This article is about the children's author. For the German Air Force general, see Bernhard Waber.
Bernard Waber
Born(1921-09-27)September 27, 1921
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedMay 16, 2013(2013-05-16) (aged 91)
Baldwin, New York, U.S.[1][2]
OccupationIllustrator, writer
Alma materPhiladelphia College of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Period1954-2010[1]
GenreChildren's fiction, picture books
Notable worksThe Lyle series
SpouseEthel Bernstein (d. 2006)[2]
ChildrenPaulis, Louisa and Gary Waber[2]

Bernard Waber (September 27, 1921[2] – May 16, 2013[1]) was an American children's author most famous for the books The House on East 88th Street (1962), Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (1965) and the subsequent books in the Lyle series.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b c Losowsky, Andrew (20 May 2013). "Bernard Waber Dead: Beloved Author Of 'The House on East 88th Street' Dies At 91". The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference NYT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Bernard Waber". WorldCat.org. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  4. ^ Maughan, Shannon (2013-05-17). "Bernard Waber, 1921-2013". Publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2013-05-21.