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] A teacher and school principal, she also worked in children's radio with Kol Yerushalayim, with the Nursery School Teachers' Theater and on the editorial board of Dvar HaPo’elet.

Among her honors are the Israel Prize for children's literature (1984) and the Yakir Yerushalaim award (1992).

[1][3][4] Source:[5] She was married to the Haganah commander Yosef Avidar.