Yemima Avidar-Tchernovitz (Hebrew: ימימה אבידר-טשרנוביץ‎; October 8, 1909 – March 20, 1998) was an Israeli author whose works became classics of modern Hebrew children’s literature.[1] Born in Vilna, Lithuania in 1909, she arrived in Palestine in 1921, at the age of 12.[1]