from his job as an educator and dedicated his time to writing. Kipnis's writing is characterized by a light and happy style, devoid of pathos, yet rich and aesthetic. His collections in Hebrew encompass about 800 stories and 600 poems. Kipnis also wrote songs in Hebrew, including Shanah Tova. He also wrote children's books in Yiddish, publishing a collection in 1961. His work was translated into English, French, German, Russian, Arabic and Yiddish. He was active as a writer for 80 years, from 1910 to 1990. Kipnis died in 1990 in Tel Aviv. The archive of his work is at the Levin Kipnis Center for Children's Literature, Levinsky Teachers' College. The center awards a bi-annual prize named after Kipnis for a research project about children's literature. In 2020 a poem, written by Kipnis as a young man in 1905, was found in the Boris Schatz Archives at the Information Center for Israeli Art. Awards and honors In 1962, Kipnis was awarded the Yatsiv Prize for Children's Literature. In 1976, he received the Lamdan Prize for Children's Literature. In 1978, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for children's literature. A street is named after him in Be'er Sheva Bibliography Books Published in Hebrew Children By the Ancestor's Grave, Berlin-Hasefer, 1923 [Le-Kever Avot] Aleph-Beit, Berlin-Hasefer, 1923 [Aleph-Beit] A String, Omanut, 1923 [Mahrozet] The Story of the Chick Who Wanted a New Mother, Omanut, 1923 [Ma'aseh Be-Efroah She Halach Levakesh Em Aheret] Shele-Pele, Dvir, 1925 [Shele-Pele] Shulamita, Dvir, 1925 [Shulamita] Velvet and Her Puppies, Dvir, 1925 [Ketifah Ve-Gureha] Listen and I Will Tell You, Dvir, 1925 [Shim'u Va-Asapera] Hasty Goat, Dvir, 1926 [Iza Peziza] The Compassionate Donkey, Dvir, 1926 [He-Hamor He-Rahum] The Exiled Palm Branch, Dvir, 1926 [Ha-Lulav Ha-Goleh] The Queen of Geese, Dvir, 1926 [Malkat Ha-Avazim] The Scarecrow, Dvir, 1927 [Ha-Dahlil] Country Children, Dvir, 1927 [Yaldei Sadeh] The Story of the Wandering Apple, Dvir, 1927 [Ma'ase Be-Tpuah She-Halach Lasuah] Four and a Bulb, Dvir, 1928 [Arba Benei Peka'at] The Story of a Paper Rose, Dvir, 1928 [Ma'ase Be-Vered Shel Nyar] Zamzuma, Dvir, 1928 [Zamzuma] The Tiger Who Almost Changed Its Spots, Dvir, 1928 [Ha-Namer She-Halach Lahafoch Havarburotav] Counting, Dvir, 1929 [Sefirah] Purim Spiel, Stybel, 1929 [Mishak Purim] The Sea's Gift, Stybel, 1930 [Matnat Ha-Yam] The Story of the Harbor, Stybel, 1930 [Ma'ase Be-Namal] The Oil Jar, Stybel, 1930 [Kad Ha-Shemen] Butterflies, Dvir, 1930 [Parparim] Who Is That? Dvir, 1930 [Mi Zeh?] What