birth_place imagesize notableworks birth_date image article_title occupation
kraków , poland 150px once , once upon a bird , girl , teen , upon woman a potty , once upon an elephant 27 june 1937 alona_frankel . png alona frankel
 illustrator , writer , novelist
alona frankel

alona frankel -lrb- , june 27 , 1937 -rrb- is a polish-born israeli writer and illustrator of many , classic children 's books as well as recently published poetic memoirs for young adults .
she was born in kraków , poland , and is a holocaust survivor .
in 1949 , alona immigrated to israel .
