Kate Petty (born Katharine Chapman, 9 June 1951 – 22 May 2007) was a British author of children's books including several on educational subjects with pop-ups and moveable parts.
Born in
Welwyn Garden City
Welwyn Garden City ( ) is a town in Hertfordshire, England, north of London. It was the second Garden city movement, garden city in England (founded 1920) and one of the first New towns in the United Kingdom, new towns (designated 1948). It is ...
, she studied at
York University
York University (), also known as YorkU or simply YU), is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, and it has approximately 53,500 students, 7,000 faculty and staff, ...
before becoming an editor at
Jonathan Cape
Jonathan Cape is a British publishing firm headquartered in London and founded in 1921 by Herbert Jonathan Cape, who was head of the firm until his death.
Cape and his business partner Wren Howard (1893–1968) set up the publishing house in ...
. One of her most successful publications was ''The Great Grammar Book'', which was illustrated by
Jennie Maizels, who illustrated several of her books.
Petty was a prolific author, writing nearly 100 books, mostly non-fiction picture books for children.
She died in
St Austell
Saint Austell (, ; ) is a town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, south of Bodmin and west of the border with Devon.
At the 2021 Census in the United Kingdom, census it had a population of 20,900.
History
St Austell was a village centred ...
of cancer.
Books
*''The Great Grammar Book'' illustrated by Jennie Maizels
*''The Amazing Pop-up Geography Book''
*''The Perfect Punctuation Pop-up Book''
*''The Super Science Book''
*''The Terrific Times Tables''
*''Earthly Treasures''
*''The Amazing Pop-Up Music Book''
*''The Global Garden''
References
1951 births
2007 deaths
British women children's writers
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