MR. FIBBER

Mr. Fibber tells the most unusual tales about what happens to him each day, with great conviction. He never lets logic and reality ruin a good story.

In 2013 acclaimed comic book illustrator Rutu Modan and author and illustrator Yirmi Pinkus founded the Noah Books project - an independent publishing house dedicated to creating contemporary comics for very young children based on classical modern Hebrew literature. With the rise in popularity of the graphic novel, Noah Books hopes to instill an appreciation for comic book style illustration in the next generation.

The first three books in the series are Eddie Spaghetti (Hebrew title: Uri Kaduri,) Mr. Fibber (Hebrew title: Mar Guzmai,) and A Tale of Two Cats (Hebrew Title: Maashe B'Chatulayim.) The first two books are Israeli classics, originally created through the collaboration of Aryeh Navon, one of the founding fathers of Israeli illustration and Leah Goldberg, one of Israel's most renowned poets, and published in the 1930s in serial comic strip form in an Israeli children's newspaper – and now re-imagined by Rutu Modan and Yirmi Pinkus in their signature illustration styles. These are joined by a third classic – A Tale of Two Cats written by the poet and children's author Ayin Hillel and illustrated by Shimrit Elkanati, which was part of the PJ Library program.

Artist and author Yirmi Pinkus is a graduate of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. He co-founded the Actus Comics Group with whom he published several books. He has illustrated a daily comic strip in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. His first novel PROFESSOR FABRIKANT'S HISTORICAL CABARET received Israel's 2009 Sapir Prize for a debut novel and was translated to French (Grasset) and Italian (l'Ancora del Mediterraneo). In 2014 he received the Israel Museum award for the best illustrated picture book of the year for MR. FIBBER. Pinkus is an associate professor at the Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art where he teaches illustration and visual storytelling.