"Katy (series) The Katy series is a set of novels by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, writing under the pen-name of Susan Coolidge. The first in the series, ""What Katy Did"", was published in 1872 and followed the next year by ""What Katy Did at School"". ""What Katy Did Next"" was released in 1886. Two further novels, ""Clover"" (1888) and ""In the High Valley"" (1890), focused upon other members of the eponymous character's family. The series was popular with readers in the late 19th Century. The series was later adapted into a TV series entitled ""Katy"" in 1962, and two films, one"
"the novel. The three-part TV series ""Katy"" began on 14 March 2018. Katy (novel) Katy (2015) is a children's book by author Jacqueline Wilson. It is a modern-day retelling of ""What Katy Did"". Katy has five younger siblings. She is brilliant with them but she's also a daredevil. She's a fan of skateboarding and adventures. She loves the feeling of soaring upwards and has happy memories of her deceased mum pushing her on a swing. But after a tragic accident her spirit sinks to the lowest point. Katy wonders if she'll ever be able to feel like flying again. In"
"Katy (novel) Katy (2015) is a children's book by author Jacqueline Wilson. It is a modern-day retelling of ""What Katy Did"". Katy has five younger siblings. She is brilliant with them but she's also a daredevil. She's a fan of skateboarding and adventures. She loves the feeling of soaring upwards and has happy memories of her deceased mum pushing her on a swing. But after a tragic accident her spirit sinks to the lowest point. Katy wonders if she'll ever be able to feel like flying again. In June 2017, CBBC announced they have commissioned a three-part series based on"
"as Dorry, Bryn McAuley as Joanna, and Dean Stockwell as ""Tramp"". A 1972 UK movie adaptation, ""Katy"", starred Clare Walker, and the 1962 eight-part TV series made in the UK, also called ""Katy"", featured rising star Susan Hampshire in the title role. In 2015, author Jacqueline Wilson wrote her novel ""Katy"", which is a modern retelling of ""What Katy Did"". The August 2016 edition of Storytime featured a new illustrated adaptation with illustrations by Italian artist Marco Guadalupi. ""What Katy Did"" was followed by four sequels: ""What Katy Did at School"" in which Katy and Clover attend the fictional Hillsover"
"also called ""Katy"" in 1972 and ""What Katy Did"" in 1999. Critics are divided about how much the series played into period gender norms and often compare the series to ""Little Women"". Foster and Simmons argue for its subversion of gender in their book ""What Katy Read: Feminist Re-Readings of ‘Classic’ Stories for Girls"" by suggesting the series “deconstructs family hierarchies”. The series is unusual for its time by having an entry which focuses not on the family life at home but at school in ""What Katy Did at School"". In a 1995 survey, ""What Katy Did"" was voted as"
"never married, and resided at her family home in Newport, Rhode Island, until her death. She edited ""The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mrs. Delaney"" (1879) and ""The Diary and Letters of Frances Burney"" (1880). She is best known for her classic children's novel ""What Katy Did"" (1872). The fictional Carr family was modeled after her own, with Katy Carr inspired by Woolsey herself. The brothers and sisters were modeled on her four younger siblings: Jane Andrews Woolsey, born October 25, 1836, who married Reverend Henry Albert Yardley; Elizabeth Dwight Woolsey, born April 24, 1838, who married Daniel Coit Gilman and"
"up: ""What Katy Did at School"" and ""What Katy Did Next"". Two further sequels relating the adventures of Katy's younger siblings were also published—""Clover"" and ""In the High Valley"". The books were frequently reprinted and all are available online. Coolidge modeled Katy on her own childhood self, and the other 'Little Carrs' on her brothers and sisters. The title is a play on the katydid, a family of insects – which explains the insects on the first edition book cover. 12-year-old Katy Carr lives with her widowed father and her two brothers and three sisters in Burnet, a small midwestern"
"died in 1910; Theodora Walton Woolsey, born September 7, 1840; and William Walton Woolsey, born July 18, 1842, who married Catherine Buckingham Convers, daughter of Charles Cleveland Convers. Katy Series Single books published during her lifetime Co., Boston published after her death German Finnish Norwegian Russian Swedish Italian Spanish Portuguese Danish 1959: Susan Coolidge, the Horn Book Magazine of books and reading for children and young people. 14 pages in June 1959 Sarah Chauncey Woolsey Sarah Chauncey Woolsey (January 29, 1835 – April 9, 1905) was an American children's author who wrote under the pen name Susan Coolidge. Woolsey was"
"Windsurf Boy"" (1983), ""The Anderson Question"" (1985), ""The Fourth of July"" (1988), ""Lost Footsteps"" (1993), ""Intimate Letters"" (1993) and ""The Invasion of Sand"" (2005). She is the author of the best-selling ""Kitty and Friends"" series of stories for young girls, including ""I Don't Want To!"" and ""So What?"", which were inspired by her own daughter, Katherine. There were 13 volumes in all, published 1985–2002. She then went on to write a series of six books inspired by her small dog Bonnie, with titles like ""Big Dog Bonnie"" and ""Brave Dog Bonnie"". In all, she published 26 books for children and"
"Karen Kijewski Karen Kijewski (pronounced ""key-EFF-ski"") (born 1943) is an American writer of mystery novels, known for her Kat Colorado series. Kijewski was born in Berkeley, California, the daughter of University of California, Berkeley professor Clarence Glacken, and received B.A. and M.A. degrees from UC-Berkeley. She was a high school English teacher in Massachusetts for almost a decade before dedicating herself to writing. A resident of Sacramento, California, she made a living tending a bar while establishing herself as a novelist. Kijewski is married and has two daughters. Kijewski's first novel, ""Katwalk"", received a mixed reception from reviewers; however it"
"also won the 1990 Anthony Award and the Shamus Award the same year, both for ""Best First Novel"". Karen Kijewski Karen Kijewski (pronounced ""key-EFF-ski"") (born 1943) is an American writer of mystery novels, known for her Kat Colorado series. Kijewski was born in Berkeley, California, the daughter of University of California, Berkeley professor Clarence Glacken, and received B.A. and M.A. degrees from UC-Berkeley. She was a high school English teacher in Massachusetts for almost a decade before dedicating herself to writing. A resident of Sacramento, California, she made a living tending a bar while establishing herself as a novelist. Kijewski"
"Ezra Jack Keats Ezra Jack Keats (March 11, 1916 – May 6, 1983) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He won the 1963 Caldecott Medal for illustrating ""The Snowy Day"", which he also wrote. Keats wrote ""A Letter to Amy"" and ""Hi, Cat!"" but he was most famous for ""The Snowy Day"". It is considered one of the most important American books of the 20th century. Keats is best known for introducing multiculturalism into mainstream American children's literature. He was one of the first children’s book authors to use an urban setting for his stories and he"
"Jewel Kats Michelle Meera Katyal (November 24, 1978 – January 7, 2016) was a Canadian children's author who wrote under the pen name Jewel Kats. Katyal wrote over ten books and was the inspiration for Dan Parent to create the first Archie Comics character with a disability in 2014. When Katyal was nine years old, she broke her leg in a car accident and resulted in having to using a wheelchair for transportation. After graduating from Milliken Mills High School, she went to the University of Toronto Mississauga and George Brown College for post-secondary studies. Katyal began her career as"
"Kate Collins (author) Kate Collins is the author of the best-selling Flower Shop Mysteries. Kate Collins, an Indiana native, graduated from Purdue University with a master's degree in education. She taught elementary school for six years, but after the birth of her first child, gave up her teaching career to pursue a writing career. After writing short humorous stories for children's magazines and working part-time as a legal secretary, she sold her first historical romance novel in 1995. Since then she has published seven historical romantic suspenses and eight mysteries Her books have made the New York Times Best-Seller's list,"
"the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Kathleen Karr Kathleen Karr (née Csere; April 21, 1946 – December 6, 2017) was an American author of historical novels for children and young adults. She is the winner of the Golden Kite Award, for her work ""The Boxer"". Although born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Karr grew up in Dorothy, an unincorporated community in Weymouth Township, New Jersey, where her family owned a chicken farm. She earned a bachelor of arts degree in English literature from Catholic University in 1968 and a master's degree in English literature from Providence College in 1971. She"
"Pete the Cat Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes is the first in a series of American children's picture books featuring a fictional cartoon cat named Pete. The book features text and music by Eric Litwin and illustrations by James Dean, who had created the character previously. It was self-published in 2008, with a CD audio recording, and published by HarperCollins in 2010. ""I Love My White Shoes"" is the first of the series of books, which includes over 60 more books written by author/illustrator James Dean or by the husband-and-wife team James and Kimberly Dean, all centered"
"Press) and the ""Zodiac Girls"" series (published by Kingfisher/Macmillan Publishers) and the Million Dollar Mates series published by Simon and Schuster. She also wrote four stand alone novels for teenagers which are ""Holy Moley, I'm a Dead Dude"" for Chickenhouse, Playlist for a Broken Heart and ""Love At Second Sight"" and A Home for Shimmer for Simon and Schuster. More recently, Cathy started writing for the older market and her first novel for adults was published in March 2017 by HarperCollins and is called The Kicking the Bucket List. Her second title, Dancing Over The Hill, was published in January"
"Kate Wilhelm Kate Wilhelm (June 8, 1928 – March 8, 2018) was an American author. She wrote novels and stories in the science fiction, mystery, and suspense genres, including the Hugo Award–winning ""Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang"", and she established the Clarion Workshop with her husband Damon Knight and writer Robin Scott Wilson. Katie Gertrude Meredith was born in Toledo, Ohio, daughter of Jesse and Ann Meredith. She graduated from high school in Louisville, Kentucky, and worked as a model, telephone operator, sales clerk, switchboard operator, and underwriter for an insurance company. She married first in 1947 to Joseph"
"Marilyn Kaye Marilyn Kaye (born 1949) is an American children's writer. She taught children's literature at St. John's University, New York. She is the author of over 100 children's and young adult novel series, including the successful ""Replica"" and ""Gifted"" series. Marilyn Kaye was born in 1949 in New Britain, Connecticut. She spent most of her childhood in Atlanta, Georgia, although she spent her tenth year in Montgomery, Alabama and her thirteenth in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She kept a diary as a child and wrote in a wide range of formats. Marilyn majored in English at Emory University, going on"
"aunt, Sarah Chauncey Woolsey – better known by her pen name, Susan Coolidge – wrote the popular ""Katy"" series and other children's fiction. Gamel's half-brother John M. Woolsey was the judge who ruled that James Joyce's ""Ulysses"" was not obscene. After the death of her father the family moved to Charleston, where Gamel went to day school. Despite weak health following an attack of tuberculosis in 1915, Woolsey left home for New York City in 1921, hoping to be an actress or a writer. Her first known published poem appeared in the ""New York Evening Post"" in 1922. The following"
"Poppy Cat Poppy Cat is a series of books created by British illustrator and writer Lara Jones. The books are published by Campbell Books (a division of Macmillan Publishers), and include ""Poppy Cat's Play House"", ""Poppy Cat's Christmas"", ""Poppy Cat Loves Rainbows"", ""Poppy Cat's Dream"", and ""Poppy Cat's Sparkly Night"". The books have been published in many countries and have sold in excess of two million copies. A British-American animated TV series based on the Poppy Cat books and comprising 52 episodes running 11 minutes, was created by Mallory Lewis and produced by Coolabi Productions, Cake Entertainment, Ingenious Media and"
"Alice Cooper Bailey Alice Cooper Bailey (December 9, 1890 – February 1, 1978) was a writer of children's books and articles for periodicals. She is best known for the books ""Katrina and Jan"" and ""Kimo"". Bailey was born on December 9, 1890 in San Diego, California, daughter of Henry Ernest Cooper and Mary Ellen, née Porter. Her family moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, when she was a baby. She attended Wellesley College, Oahu College, the University of Hawaii, the Boston Music Conservatory, and received a lifetime teaching diploma from the Honolulu Normal School. Bailey published seven books. Unpublished works included a"
"Katha Books Katha Books is a publishing house owned by Katha, that has done pioneering works in the field of Indian language translations, community empowerment and child welfare. It was founded in 1988 by Padma Shri Awardee Geeta Dharmarajan. Known for negotiating new spaces in children's literature in translation especially, Katha has been nominated six times for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017, sometimes dubbed as the ""Nobel Prize in Literature."" Today it is a leading name for translations in Indian publishing, and produces stories from contemporary India, unusual Indian folklore and unsung"
"Kate Douglas Wiggin Kate Douglas Wiggin (September 28, 1856 – August 24, 1923) was an American educator and author of children's stories, most notably the classic children's novel ""Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm"". She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878 (the Silver Street Free Kindergarten). With her sister during the 1880s, she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers. Kate Wiggin devoted her adult life to the welfare of children in an era when children were commonly thought of as cheap labor. Wiggin went to California to study kindergarten methods. She began to teach in San"
"is a former arson detective turned private investigator. His wife, Leidl, is a professional psychologist. Together they solve cases. Kate Wilhelm Kate Wilhelm (June 8, 1928 – March 8, 2018) was an American author. She wrote novels and stories in the science fiction, mystery, and suspense genres, including the Hugo Award–winning ""Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang"", and she established the Clarion Workshop with her husband Damon Knight and writer Robin Scott Wilson. Katie Gertrude Meredith was born in Toledo, Ohio, daughter of Jesse and Ann Meredith. She graduated from high school in Louisville, Kentucky, and worked as a model,"
"Dorothy Kunhardt Dorothy Kunhardt (née Dorothy Meserve; September 29, 1901 – December 23, 1979) was an American children's-book author, best known for the baby book ""Pat the Bunny"". A daughter of historian Frederick Hill Meserve, she was born in New York City and graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1923. She married Philip B. Kunhardt, Sr. (son of George E. Kunhardt), a New Yorker and a Harvard Crimson football letterwinner. They had four children: Kunhardt wrote nearly 50 books, including one of the bestselling children's books of all time, ""Pat the Bunny"", which has sold over six million copies. She"
"Kate DiCamillo Katrina Elizabeth ""Kate"" DiCamillo (born March 25, 1964) is an American writer of children's fiction for all reading levels, usually featuring animals. She is one of six people to win two Newbery Medals, recognizing her novels ""The Tale of Despereaux"" (2003) and ""Flora & Ulysses"" (2013). Her best-known books for young children are the Mercy Watson series, illustrated by Chris Van Dusen. DiCamillo was the U.S. National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, appointed by the Library of Congress for the term comprising 2014 and 2015. DiCamillo won the American Library Association's Newbery Medal, which recognizes the previous year's"
"or physical disability. Jewel Kats Michelle Meera Katyal (November 24, 1978 – January 7, 2016) was a Canadian children's author who wrote under the pen name Jewel Kats. Katyal wrote over ten books and was the inspiration for Dan Parent to create the first Archie Comics character with a disability in 2014. When Katyal was nine years old, she broke her leg in a car accident and resulted in having to using a wheelchair for transportation. After graduating from Milliken Mills High School, she went to the University of Toronto Mississauga and George Brown College for post-secondary studies. Katyal began"
"Kathy Lette Kathryn Marie Lette (born 11 November 1958), better known as Kathy Lette, is an Australian-British author who has written a number of bestselling books. She resides in the London Borough of Camden. Born in Sydney's southern suburbs, she first attracted attention in 1979 as the co-author (with friend Gabrielle Carey) of ""Puberty Blues"", a strongly autobiographical, proto-feminist teen novel about two 13-year-old southern suburbs girls attempting to improve their social status by ingratiating themselves with the ""Greenhills gang"" of surfers. The book was made into a film in 1981 and a TV series in 2012. Lette appeared in"
"Kathryn Cave Kathryn Cave (born 1948 in Aldershot, Hampshire, England) is an award-winning British children's book author. She was awarded the very first international UNESCO prize for ""Children's and Young People's Literature in the Service of Tolerance"" for ""Something Else"". The book was later made into a TV comic series by TV Loonland. A theatre company, Tall Stories, has adapted ""Something Else"" as a children's production, and they ran a UK tour in Autumn 2009. She has three children, Eleanor, Joseph, and Alice, and six grandchildren. Kathryn has previously worked as an editor for Penguin and Basil Blackwell, and she"
"Kate, the Cat and the Moon Kate, the Cat and the Moon is a 2004 Children's picture book by David Almond. It is about a girl, Kate, and her nighttime adventures with a feline companion when she transforms into a cat. In a review of ""Kate, the Cat and the Moon"", ""BookList"" wrote ""Almond, .. writes beautifully about Kate's foray into the night, .. Lambert's thickly applied colors and strong, sturdy shapes give the art a robust, muscular feel that balances the dreamy conceit."" and the ""School Library Journal"" wrote ""This bedtime fantasy is sure to earn Almond new fans."""
"BAFTA award-winning King Rollo Films. Poppy Cat herself is voiced in the UK by Joanna Page from BBC's award-winning series ""Gavin & Stacey"" (later replaced by Jessica Ransom from ""Doc Martin""), and in the US by actress Haley ""Cake"" Charles. The series was scored by composer Oliver Davis. Poppy Cat Poppy Cat is a series of books created by British illustrator and writer Lara Jones. The books are published by Campbell Books (a division of Macmillan Publishers), and include ""Poppy Cat's Play House"", ""Poppy Cat's Christmas"", ""Poppy Cat Loves Rainbows"", ""Poppy Cat's Dream"", and ""Poppy Cat's Sparkly Night"". The books"
"Socks (novel) Socks is a children's novel written by Beverly Cleary, originally illustrated by Beatrice Darwin, and published in 1973. It won the William Allen White Children's Book Award. The title character of the book would eventually become the name for Socks Clinton, the cat of U.S. President Bill Clinton and family. The story is told from the perspective of a tabby cat with four white paws who lives with a young married couple, Bill and Marilyn Bricker. Initially, Socks and the Bricker couple are alone, and Socks receives a great deal of love and attention as a result. However,"