Background
Kate Salley Palmer was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States in 1946.
305 South Main St. Greenville, SC 29602-1688 United States
The Greenville News
Columbia, SC 29208, USA
University of South Carolina
305 South Main St. Greenville, SC 29602-1688 United States
The Greenville News
Elena Steier, Kate Salley Palmer and Mikhaela Reid at the AAEC Hospitality
(Kate Salley Palmer's energetic text illustrations, practi...)
Kate Salley Palmer's energetic text illustrations, practically reach out and draw the reader into the fun. Here's a book the whole family can enjoy.
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1996
(A Gracious Plenty is a children's picture book I wrote an...)
A Gracious Plenty is a children's picture book I wrote and illustrated about my great aunt May Zeigler who lived alone, but had many treasures that we, her great nieces loved - her books.
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1998
(The Pink House is an illustrated story of a family's annu...)
The Pink House is an illustrated story of a family's annual vacation to Edisto Beach, SC.
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1999
(In The Little Chairs, a happy family--mama, daddy, and tw...)
In The Little Chairs, a happy family--mama, daddy, and two children--suddenly faces a problem that affects the whole family.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0966711424/?tag=2022091-20
1999
(With its lively text and exuberant illustrations, Bear Hu...)
With its lively text and exuberant illustrations, Bear Hug celebrates a special outing shared by children and their father. Youngsters will enjoy taking this energized nature walk again and again.
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2003
(The book tells the story of Marion and the vivid illustra...)
The book tells the story of Marion and the vivid illustrations show with historical accuracy the story of the almost mythical Swamp Fox.
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2005
(Recounts how the palmetto tree became a South Carolina st...)
Recounts how the palmetto tree became a South Carolina state symbol following the Battle of Fort Moultrie fought off the South Carolina coast in 1776.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0966711440/?tag=2022091-20
2005
(In Almost Invisible - Black Patriots of the American Revo...)
In Almost Invisible - Black Patriots of the American Revolution, Kate Salley Palmer writes about 25 African Americans who helped the colonies gain independence from Great Britain. Kate did the vivid illustrations for the book in watercolour and gouache.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0966711467/?tag=2022091-20
2008
(Colourful illustrations illuminate the story of Hostie, a...)
Colourful illustrations illuminate the story of Hostie, a Holstein cow, and her young owner as they grow together.
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2014
Kate Salley Palmer was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States in 1946.
Palmer graduated from the University of South Carolina with a bachelor's degree in 1968.
During her long career, Palmer was the state's first full-time newspaper editorial cartoonist (The Greenville News) from 1975 to 1984 and was nationally syndicated - winning the Freedom Foundation's Award for Editorial Cartoons in 1980. In the early 90's she began writing and illustrating children's picture books and currently she works as a freelance writer and illustrator, living in Clemson, South Carolina.
Kate Palmer is best known as a cartoonist and award-winning author. During her career, she has had over 20 published books by national and regional publishers, including Simon and Schuster, Boyds Mills Press and Albert Whitman. One of her recent books, Almost Invisible - Black Patriots of the American Revolution, was a 2009 finalist in SIBA's (Southeastern Independent Booksellers Alliance) Children's Book category. Kate's most recent non-fiction picture book (May 2013) is First South Carolinians, about the early Native Americans of South Carolina. In the Fall of 2013, Kate wrote and illustrated I Know Santa Very Well, a poem about unconditional love.
(A Gracious Plenty is a children's picture book I wrote an...)
1998(In Almost Invisible - Black Patriots of the American Revo...)
2008(Recounts how the palmetto tree became a South Carolina st...)
2005(The book tells the story of Marion and the vivid illustra...)
2005(In The Little Chairs, a happy family--mama, daddy, and tw...)
1999(With its lively text and exuberant illustrations, Bear Hu...)
2003(Colourful illustrations illuminate the story of Hostie, a...)
2014(Kate Salley Palmer's energetic text illustrations, practi...)
1996(The Pink House is an illustrated story of a family's annu...)
1999Palmer is a member of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists.
Palmer is married to Jim Palmer - a retired Clemson University professor, owner of Warbranch Press, which has published eight of her books since 1998. Kate and Jim live in Clemson, South Carolina.
