Dorothy Kunhardt

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Dorothy Kunhardt was born in New York City, the daughter of historian Frederick Hill Meserve. She was educated at the Brearly School in Manhattan and then at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. In 1923, after she graduated from college, she and her best friend left New York to travel the world. In 1925 she went to France to study art and drawing in Paris. In 1926 she married Philip B. Kunhardt, Sr., with whom she moved to Morristown, New Jersey, and had four children. In 1934 her first book, Junket Is Nice was published. Over the course of her career she wrote nearly 50 books, including Pat the Bunny, which is one of the bestselling children's books of all time. She also wrote a biography of Lincoln's assassination called Twenty Days. For the last ten years of her life she returned to live in New York City.

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Kitty's new doll
Representative edition published 2004
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More Please
Representative edition published 2003
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Pat the Bunny Book and Bunny Gift Set
Representative edition published 2001
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Pat the bunny
Representative edition published 2001
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Lucky Mrs. Ticklefeather
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Pat the bunny
Representative edition published 2000
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Lucky Mrs. Ticklefeather
Representative edition published 2000
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Twenty Days
Representative edition published 1994
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The friendly bunny
Representative edition published 1985
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The Scarebunny
Representative edition published 1985
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Lucky Mrs. Ticklefeather and Other Funny Stories
Representative edition published 1973
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Pat the bunny
Representative edition published 1970
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Twenty Days
Representative edition published 1965
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Dr. Dick
Representative edition published 1962
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Tiny Nonsense Stories
Representative edition published 1949
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Little Peewee, or, Now Open the Box
Representative edition published 1948
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Tiny Animal Stories
Representative edition published 1948
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Little Peewee
Representative edition published 1948
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Little Peewee
Representative edition published 1948
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Once there was a little boy
Representative edition published 1946
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Little Ones
Representative edition published 1935
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Pat the Bunny with Plush
Representative edition published 2001
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Billy the Barber
Representative edition published 2000
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Telephone Book
Representative edition published 1998
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