Background

Jenny Koralek was born on November 5, 1934 in Vryburg, South Africa; the daughter of Vivian Chadwick, a farmer and cattle breeder, and Audrey (Abseil) Chadwick.

Education

Jenny Koralek attended Talbot Heath School. She also received a Diploma with Distinction from the University of Paris.

Career

Jenny Koralek was an author and editor of children's books. Some of the published credits of Jenny Koralek include The Moses Basket and The Coat of Many Colours.

She is also the author of The Friendly Fox, The Cobweb Curtain, Cat and Kit, and The Boy and the Cloth of Dreams.

Achievements

• Jenny Koralek published more than thirty titles, mainly for children. Several of her books have been translated into Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Italian and Norwegian.

Works

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  • The Boy and the Cloth of Dreams

    (In a mystical parable, a boy sleeps peacefully under a br...)

    1994
  • The Cobweb Curtain

    (A spider spins a cobweb curtain over the mouth of a cave ...)

    1989
  • Hanukkah: The Festival of Lights

    (Hanukkah: The Festival of Lights explains what the Hanukk...)

    1989
  • The Coat of Many Colors

    (Retells the biblical story of Joseph and his father's gif...)

    2004
  • Who Are You, Monsieur Gurdjieff?

    (Jenny Koralek is a translator of the work by Renee Zuber)

    1988
  • Cosmic Mysteries: A Fable 2015
  • The Moses Basket 2003
  • The Story of Queen Esther 2009
  • Night Ride to Nanna's 2000
  • Mother, Do Not Weep for Me: A Son's Life Remembered with Joy 2010
  • The Friendly Fox 1988
  • Dad, Me and the Dinosaurs 1998
  • Once upon Olympus 1998
  • Keeping Secrets 1997
  • Mabel's Story
  • War Games 2002
  • A Treasury of Stories from Hans Christian Andersen 1996
  • Going Out with Hatty 1989
  • Badgers Three 1983

Interests

• reading, music (and piano playing), art, and travel

Connections

Jenny Koralek married Paul Koralek, an architect, on December 13, 1958. Their marriage produced three children - Catherine K. Ricks, Lucy K. Williams and Benjamin.

Father:

Vivian Chadwick

Mother:

Audrey (Abseil) Chadwick

Spouse:

Paul Koralek

child:

Catherine K. Ricks

child:

Lucy K. Williams

child:

Benjamin Koralek

Friend:

Pamela Travers