Amos Bar

Amos Bar was born in 1931 in Tel Adashim

Amos Bar was born in 1931 in moshav Tel Adashim in the Jezreel Valley, to Sarah and Pinhas Barber. At age 9 he moved with his family to Tel Aviv. His childhood experiences appear throughout his books.

After high school in Tel Aviv he joined the IDF and served in the first Nahal settlement, which later became kibbutz Nahal Oz. In 1951 he joined kibbutz Revivim in the Negev. He later studied at the kibbutz seminary college and at Tel Aviv University, and worked as a teacher for many years.

His first book, The Little Tractor Driver, came out of his work as a farmer on the kibbutz and was written in 1958. He went on to publish many children's books, stories, and radio and television scripts for children. In 1978 he became editor of Pashosh, a nature magazine for children, and edited it for 24 years.

He also edited children's books for publishers including Schocken and Hakibbutz Hameuchad. In his last two decades he lived in Sha'arei Tikva and met with children across Israel. He died in 2011 and was the father of six.