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Kathryn Jackson

Author,Illustrator

(1907 - 1985)

Kathryn Jackson

Kathryn Jackson was an author and editor. She wrote hundreds of stories for Golden Books.

More than fifty of those were co-authored with her husband Byron, including The Saggy Baggy Elephant, Pirates, Ships, and Sailors, and Tawny Scrawny Lion.



Bibliography

Adventure Tales (1967)

This is an anthology of previously published books about pirates, prospectors, cowboys and Indians and rhymes.

Author(s): Jenny Dennis
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

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The Animal’s Merry Christmas (1950)

Thirty-one Christmas stories, with lots of gold ink!

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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Autumn Tales (1967)

Seventy-six short stories and poems.

Author(s): Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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Bedtime Stories, Selected from the Big Golden Bedtime Book (1963)

A collection of short stories.

Author(s): Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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The Big Elephant (1949)

Growing tired of the circus, the elephant settles in a small town.

Read online at archive.org.  This is a later edition.

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

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Big Farmer Big and Little Farmer Little (1948)

Two books in one about a Big farmer and a little farmer.

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

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Brave Cowboy Bill (1950)

This story of a little cowboy includes a puzzle stored in the back cover.

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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Christopher and the Columbus (1951)

The captain and crew of the ferry boat Columbus rescue three castaways.

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

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Duck and His Friends (1949)

Mouse and Jack Rabbit put together a plan to get Duck into the water.

Read online at archive.org

 

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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Farm Stories (1946)

Fifty stories about farm activities with 100 color illustrations by Tenggren.

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

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Farm Stories (1956)

Fifty stories about farm activities with 100 color illustrations by Tenggren. This version may only have forty stories.

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

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Farmyard Tales (1968)

A collection of stories about farm life.

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

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The Golden Bedtime Book (1955)

This also was published with 366 stories for leap year.

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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The Golden Book of 365 Stories (1955)

A story for every day of the year.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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The Golden Grab Bag of Stories, Poems and Songs (1951)

A nice compendium of stories, poems and songs.

Author(s): Marion Conger
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Et al
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

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The Golden Story Treasury (1951)

A collection of stories, poems and songs, drawn from the earlier collection The Golden Grab Bag.

Author(s): Marion Conger
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Et al
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

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Here Comes the Parade (1951)

Watch the Thanksgiving Day Parade with all your friends from Little Golden Books.

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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Kathryn and Byron Jackson’s The Big Elephant (1973)

The elephant retires from the circus and settles down in a small town.

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

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