Ora Ayal

Ora Ayal was born in Jerusalem in 1946. She studied at the Bezalel Academy of Art and received a degree in mathematics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Ayal creates games, stories, and activities for teaching elementary-level math. She also translates adult and children’s books from Italian into Hebrew. Ayal has written and illustrated eight books for children, and has illustrated over 100 books. Ayal was awarded the Israel Museum Prize for Illustration (1994).


Books Published in Hebrew
Children
Morning comes, Keren Or, 1975 [Boker Ba]
Ugbu, Sifriat Poalim, 1977 [Ugboo]
One Tuesday Morning, Sifriat Poalim, 1985 [Boker Bahir Ehad]
The Great War, Sifriat Poalim, 1986 [Ha-Milhamah Ha-Adirah]
One Dark Night, Sifriat Poalim, 1988 [Laila Hashuch Ehad]
A Girl All by Herself, Keter, 1992 [Yalda Levadah]
>I>A Surprise for Hagar, Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, 1995 [Hafta`a Le- Hagar]
Hanna Banana, Ayalot, 1996 [Savta Shel Hanna Banana Bishlah Daisah]

All books were illustrated by Ora Ayal

Books in Translation
The Adventures of Chester the Chest
English: New York, Harper & Row, 1982

Ugbu
English: New York, Harper & Row, 1979

One Tuesday Morning
English: London, Dobson Books, 1980

Last updated: 22.11.2009


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