Karin Wulf Cates is an author of children's picture books.

Biography

Cates attended

Bryan Adams High School Bryan Adams High School Leadership Academy is a public high school located in the Casa View neighborhood of East Dallas, Texas, United States and is a part of the Dallas Independent School District. The school serves the area of Dallas east of W ...

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. Before her writing career, Cates worked as a teacher. She was diagnosed with

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in 1998. In 2002, she lived in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Dallas.

Writing career

Cates is known for two children's picture books. ''A Far-Fetched Story'' (Greenwillow Books, 2002) was noted for its quilt-like appearance in multiple reviews. ''

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'' called it "an original tale just waiting to be told". A ''

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'' review said, "Newcomer Cates follows a successful folktale formula to a T with a no-nonsense grandma and her catchy refrain". ''The Secret Remedy Book'' (Orchard/Scholastic, 2003) was called "a gentle story" in ''Kirkus Reviews'', which also noted, "solace, ritual, simplicity, tenderness, and care for the natural world are offered on each page as naturally as breathing". It received a

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from ''Publishers Weekly'', which noted, "the leisurely pace of the text" and that the book "reflect a faith that all will be completed in a timey way, without rushing".

Selected works

* ''A Far-Fetched Story''. Illustrated by

Nancy Carpenter Nancy Sippel Carpenter is an American illustrator of children's picture books. Biography Carpenter's mother was an art teacher. Carpenter worked as a graphic reporter for Associated Press and illustrator for the ''The New York Times, New York T ...

. Greenwillow Books, 2002. * ''The Secret Remedy Book''. Illustrated by Wendy Anderson Halperin. Orchard/Scholastic, 2003.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cates, Karin Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American women children's writers American children's writers Writers from Dallas Writers from Austin, Texas Educators from Texas