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Kathryn Jackson

Author, Illustrator

(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

Tenggren’s Pirates, Ships, and Sailors (1971)

The first edition includes forty-two stories, poems and songs. Later editions like this one had only twenty-six or even twenty-four as in the 2006 edition. They all have to do with the sea and sailors.

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

Tenggren’s Tawny Scrawny Lion (1952)

The Tawny Scrawny lion is always hungry from chasing other animals to eat. When he gets a taste of carrot stew cooked by ten fat rabbits, he finally has his fill. Later editions have fewer pages. Read online at archive.org. This is an abridged editio... View More

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

Train Stories (1949)

A collection of four original stories about trains.

Winter Tales (1967)

Seventy-six short stories.

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

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