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Kathryn Jackson



Kathryn Jackson wrote hundreds of lively, witty stories for Golden Books, most of which were coauthored with her husband, Byron. The Saggy Baggy Elephant is one of the pair’s most famous titles. Golden Books that Kathryn Jackson wrote on her own include Tawny Scrawny Lion, Nurse Nancy, Pantaloon, Richard Scarry’s The Animals’ Merry Christmas, and Richard Scarry’s A Story a Day: 365 Stories and Rhymes.

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Average rating: 4.12 · 34,952 ratings · 616 reviews · 129 distinct works • Similar authors
The Saggy Baggy Elephant
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4.08 avg rating — 18,207 ratings — published 1947 — 64 editions
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Tawny Scrawny Lion (Little ...
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4.17 avg rating — 14,411 ratings — published 1952 — 34 editions
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Nurse Nancy
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4.32 avg rating — 423 ratings — published 1952 — 7 editions
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A Day at the Seashore (Litt...
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3.95 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 1951 — 4 editions
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Katie the Kitten (A First L...
4.13 avg rating — 216 ratings — published 1949 — 16 editions
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The Animals' Merry Christma...
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4.07 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 1950 — 24 editions
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Pantaloon
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3.87 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 1951 — 19 editions
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The Golden Book of 365 Stories
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4.38 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1955 — 24 editions
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Busy Timmy (Little Golden B...
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3.79 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 1982 — 21 editions
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Duck and his Friends
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3.76 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 1949 — 14 editions
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