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
Adventure Tales (1967)
This is an anthology of previously published books about pirates, prospectors, cowboys and Indians and rhymes.
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
The Animal’s Merry Christmas (1950)
Thirty-one Christmas stories, with lots of gold ink!
Read online at archive.org.
Autumn Tales (1967)
Seventy-six short stories and poems.
Bedtime Stories, Selected from the Big Golden Bedtime Book (1963)
A collection of short stories.
The Big Elephant (1949)
Growing tired of the circus, the elephant settles in a small town.
Read online at archive.org. This is a later edition.
Kathryn Jackson
Big Farmer Big and Little Farmer Little (1948)
Two books in one about a Big farmer and a little farmer.
Kathryn Jackson
Brave Cowboy Bill (1950)
This story of a little cowboy includes a puzzle stored in the back cover.
Kathryn Jackson
Christopher and the Columbus (1951)
The captain and crew of the ferry boat Columbus rescue three castaways.
Kathryn Jackson
Duck and His Friends (1949)
Mouse and Jack Rabbit put together a plan to get Duck into the water.
Read online at archive.org.
Kathryn Jackson
Farm Stories (1946)
Fifty stories about farm activities with 100 color illustrations by Tenggren.
Kathryn Jackson
Farm Stories (1956)
Fifty stories about farm activities with 100 color illustrations by Tenggren. This version may only have forty stories.
Kathryn Jackson
Farmyard Tales (1968)
A collection of stories about farm life.
Kathryn Jackson
The Golden Bedtime Book (1955)
This also was published with 366 stories for leap year.
Kathryn Jackson
The Golden Book of 365 Stories (1955)
A story for every day of the year.
Read online at archive.org.
The Golden Grab Bag of Stories, Poems and Songs (1951)
A nice compendium of stories, poems and songs.
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Et al
The Golden Story Treasury (1951)
A collection of stories, poems and songs, drawn from the earlier collection The Golden Grab Bag.
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Et al
The Golden Treasure Book (1951)
An early Golden Book treasury featuring some of the most successful artists.
Jack Bechdolt
Robert Garfield
Joan Hubbard
Tibor Gergely
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Charles Martin
J. P. Miller
Richard Scarry
Here Comes the Parade (1951)
Watch the Thanksgiving Day Parade with all your friends from Little Golden Books.
Kathryn Jackson
Jungle Tales: Little Black Sambo and The Saggy Baggy Elephant (1948)
This book includes The Saggy Baggy Elephant and “Little Black Sambo.”
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Kathryn and Byron Jackson’s The Big Elephant (1973)
The elephant retires from the circus and settles down in a small town.
Kathryn Jackson