Edith Kunhardt Davis
American children's writer (1937–2020)
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Biography
Edith Turner Kunhardt was born September 30, 1937, in Morristown, New Jersey, to Philip B. Kunhardt, a textile executive, and Dorothy Kunhardt, a writer.[2] She attended Miss Porter's School and graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1959 with a degree in art history.[2]
When Davis was 3 years old in 1940, her mother Dorothy Kunhardt wrote Pat the Bunny dedicated to Davis.[3][4]
Between 1959 and 1971, she married Edward Shippen Davis.[2]
Davis started her career with Golden Books as an editorial assistant and ended up being a senior editor.[2] She also wrote sequels to Pat the Bunny such as Pat the Cat, Pat the Puppy, and Pat the Christmas Bunny.[2]
In 2020, she died at the age of 82.[2]
Writings
- Pompeii – Buried Alive! (1987)[2]
- Honest Abe (1993)[2]
- I'll Love You Forever, Anyway. (1995)[5]
- My Mother, the Bunny and Me (2016)[2]
- Ned's Number Book[2]
- Martha's House[2]
- pat the puppy
- Which Pig Would You Choose?
- Animal Quiz Book
- Giant Sea Creatures
- Grandma and Grandpa Smith
- Pat the Birthday Bunny
- Daddy's Scratchy Face
- Martha's House
- I'm Going to Be a Police Officer
- I'll Love You Forever, Anyway
- Mummies
- Honest Abe
- Summer Vacation
