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Dozens more books followed that were notable for their originality in concept, format and design, among them Books by Dorothy Kunhardt (Author of Pat the Bunny) Books by Dorothy Kunhardt Dorothy Kunhardt Average rating 4.07 25,293 ratings 589 reviews shelved 35,109 times Showing 30 distinct works. Received rave reviews, gave Depression-era families the perfect excuse to share a good laugh, and was an immediate bestseller. She took her first stab at writing and illustrating with an outlandish devil-may-care picture book titled (1901–79) dictated her first story to her father at the age of three, and went on to become an inventive author, illustrator and creator of children’s books. Also reproduced is a selection of research materials and papers pertaining to Kunhardt’s second consequential career, as an Abraham Lincoln scholar and steward of the Meserve Collection of Lincoln photographs and artifacts begun by her father.

Is still in print and has sold nearly ten million copies.ĭrawn entirely from the Kunhardt family collection, this publication brings Dorothy Kunhardt’s work to life generations later through photographs, letters, poetry, drawings, book mock-ups, unpublished manuscripts and full reproductions of first edition books.

, published in 1940, Dorothy Kunhardt was a tireless innovator, publishing more than 40 books in three decades.
