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Kathryn Jackson
(1907 - 1985)
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
Let’s Go Fishing (1949)
An activity book with a fishing rod, hook, line and paper fish.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Little Trapper (1950)
The little trapper gets trapped.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Little Yip-Yip and His Bark (1950)
A little dog has an annoying bark.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
More Farmyard Tales (1970)
A collection of twenty-one stories about farm life.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Mouse’s House (1949)
Frisker and Whisker need a new house when the black kitten steals the sock they were living in. Beautifully flocked pages add to the fun of this early Scarry title.
A later reprint does not have the flocking but read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The New Golden Almanac (1952)
Calendars and stories for the whole year.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Party Pig (1954)
Pig is giving a party -- but what has he done with the cake?
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Picture Stamps for the Very Young (1953)
A stamp book with forty-eight stamps and forty-eight pages.
Author(s):
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Pirates, Ships, and Sailors (1950)
The first edition includes forty-two stories, poems and songs. Later editions had only twenty-six or twenty-four. They all have to do with the sea and sailors.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Richard Scarry’s A Story a Day: 366 Original Stories and Poems (1998)
A reprint of this early collection of stories and poems.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry’s Best House Ever (1989)
After a long hunt, Frisker and Whisker find the perfect house for a mouse.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry’s Best Stories Ever (1971)
An anthology of Richard Scarry’s books for Golden Press.
Author(s):
Vivienne Benstead
Kathryn Jackson
Patricia Scarry
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry’s Best Storybook Ever (1968)
This is a large omnibus selected from Richard Scarry’s books for Golden Press.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Kathryn Jackson
Ole Risom
Patricia Scarry
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Rob Whitlock: A Pioneer Boy in Old Ohio (1951)
Day-to-day frontier life in Ohio.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
The Saggy Baggy Elephant (1947)
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Sleepy Time Tales (1964)
An anthology including Tawny Scrawny Lion, Mister Dog and Brave Cowboy Bill.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Gustaf Tenggren
Garth Williams
Springtime Tales (1967)
Seventy-nine short stories. A collection of previously published material likely from 1955.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Storytime Tales (1950)
A collection of sixty-seven favorite stories, poems and songs. There is also an early edition with forty-two selections.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Lois Lenski
Carl Sandburg
Val Teal
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Corinne Malvern
Summer Tales (1967)
A collection of seasonal short stories.
Author(s):
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Tenggren’s Cowboys and Indians (1948)
Fifty-two stories and rhymes about the old West.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren