Edith Kunhardt Davis
{{Short description|American children's writer (1937–2020)}}
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Edith Kunhardt Davis (September 30, 1937 – January 2, 2020), also known as E. K. Davis, was an American writer.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/edith-kunhardt-davis-keeper-of-the-legacy-of-pat-the-bunny-dies-at-82/2020/01/21/90791f68-3c50-11ea-baca-eb7ace0a3455_story.html |title=Edith Kunhardt Davis, keeper of the legacy of 'Pat the Bunny,' dies at 82 |date=2020-01-21 |first=Emily |last=Langer |newspaper=The Washington Post |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409}} She wrote more than 70 children's books.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/19/books/edith-kunhardt-davis-dead.html |title=Edith Kunhardt Davis, Author of 'Pat the Bunny' Sequels, Dies at 82 |first=Katharine Q. |last=Seelye |orig-date=January 19, 2020 |date=January 20, 2020 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=2022-08-22}}
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. She attended Miss Porter's School and graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1959 with a degree in art history.
When Davis was 3 years old in 1940, her mother Dorothy Kunhardt wrote Pat the Bunny dedicated to Davis.{{cite web |author=Schiro, Anne-Marie |date=July 29, 1984 |title=COMPANION FOR A CHILDREN'S CLASSIC |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9501E2DA1F39F93AA15754C0A962948260 |accessdate=2006-06-18 |work=New York Times |format=}}{{Cite news |date=1991-03-18 |title=Children's book author follows mother's footsteps |pages=17 |work=Evansville Courier and Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109913911/childrens-book-author-follows-mothers/ |access-date=2022-09-21}}
Between 1959 and 1971, she married Edward Shippen Davis.
Davis started her career with Golden Books as an editorial assistant and ended up being a senior editor. She also wrote sequels to Pat the Bunny such as Pat the Cat, Pat the Puppy, and Pat the Christmas Bunny.
Writings
- Pompeii – Buried Alive! (1987)
- Honest Abe (1993)
- I'll Love You Forever, Anyway. (1995){{cite web |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/edith-kunhardt-davis/ill-love-you-forever-anyway/ |title=I'Ll Love You Forever, Anyway |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |date= |accessdate=2022-08-22}}
- My Mother, the Bunny and Me (2016)
- Ned's Number Book
- Martha's House
- 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
References
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Category:American children's writers
Category:American women children's writers
Category:20th-century American women writers
Category:21st-century American women writers
Category:Miss Porter's School alumni
Category:Bryn Mawr College alumni
Category:Writers from Morristown, New Jersey
Category:American literary editors
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