Helen Ketteman

Background

Helen Ketteman was born on July 1, 1945, in Augusta, Georgia, United States. She is a daughter of Jack and Mary Helen (Walker) Moon.

Education

Helen Ketteman studied at Young Harris College where she received an Associate of Arts degree in 1965. She also attended Georgia Southern University from 1965 to 1966. Ketteman studied at Georgia State University and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1968.

Career

Helen Ketteman started her career as a writer in 1992 when she published her first book Not Yet, Yvette. She wrote fifteen illustrated books for children and also was a contributor to periodicals, including Spider and Highlights for Children. Ketteman has taught at the high school and elementary levels, and has also taught continuing education classes in writing picture books at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. She made speeches at conferences on writing picture books, and also appeared at young author conferences and on radio and television talk shows.

Achievements

• Helen Ketteman is an American writer who is famous for her children's books such as At the Old Haunted House and Bubba, The Cowboy Prince. She received the Patricia Gallagher Award and Nebraska Golden Sower Award in 2001. In 2003, she received the North Dakota Flicker Tale Award. Her books were among best books of the year in 1993 and in 1995.

Works

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  • Bubba, The Cowboy Prince

    (Bubba is bossed around the family ranch by his wicked ste...)

    1997
  • Armadillo Tattletale

    (What happens when your ears are too big for your head? He...)

    2000
  • Go to School, Little Monster

    (Helen Ketteman’s soothing rhymes and Bonnie Leick’s sweet...)

    2015
  • Grandma's Cat

    (A young granddaughter chases Grandma's cat, until she lea...)

    1996
  • The Year of No More Corn

    (Beanie's grandfather tells him about the failure of the c...)

    1993
  • I Remember Papa

    (After saving to buy a baseball glove, a young farm boy ta...)

    1998
  • At the Old Haunted House

    (At the old haunted house In a room with no sun Lived a wa...)

    2014
  • Waynetta and the Cornstalk: A Texas Fairy Tale

    (Times sure are tough on the ranch, and Waynetta and her m...)

    2007
  • Not Yet, Yvette

    (The minute Mom leaves, Yvette asks, "Is it time yet, Dad?...)

    1992

Connections

Helen Ketteman married Charles Harry Ketteman in 1969. The marriage produced two children.

Father:

Jack Moon

Mother:

Mary Helen Walker

husband:

Charles Harry Ketteman

Son:

William Gregory Ketteman

Son:

Mark David Ketteman