Dorothy Kunhardt
Dorothy Kunhardt (September 29, 1901 – December 23, 1979 in Beverly, Massachusetts) was an American children's-book author, best known for the baby book Pat the Bunny. [1] She was also a historian and writer about the life of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
[edit] Personal life
The daughter of historian Frederick Hill Meserve, she was married to Philip B. Kunhardt, Sr. They had four children: Nancy Kunhardt Lodge, Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr., Kenneth Kunhardt, and Edith Kunhardt. She is the grandmother of Peter Kunhardt. Philip Jr. authored The Dreaming Game,a biography of his mother.
[edit] Works
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.[2] Other works include the well known Twenty Days, an account of Lincoln's assassination and the twenty days that followed, which she wrote with her son, Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr.; Tiny Animal Stories; The Telephone Book; Lucky Mrs. Ticklefeather; Brave Mr. Buckingham; Junket is Nice (1933); Wise Old Aard-Vark (1936); and Now Open the Box.
[edit] References
- ^ "The Original Touchy-Feely: 'Pat the Bunny' Turns 50". The New York Times. December 23, 1990. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE3DB1330F930A15751C1A966958260. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
- ^ Amazon.com Review.
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