Education
Katharine Gibson (Wicks) received much of her educated at home through tutors. She graduated from Shortridge High School in Indianapolis in 1912 and continued her education with tutors and self-directed study.
Katherine
Katharine Gibson (Wicks) received much of her educated at home through tutors. She graduated from Shortridge High School in Indianapolis in 1912 and continued her education with tutors and self-directed study.
Katharine worked at the Cleveland Museum of Art, mostly in the Education Department, from 1916 to 1946, after which she worked as an editor for the Artists and Writers Guild, the publishers of Golden Books.
Nathaniel's Witch
(In early New England, where Puritan parents forbade the c...)
1941Jock's Castle
(Having been awarded a vacant castle for bravery, Jock off...)
1940Oak Tree House
(A book that offers a gentle introduction to the concept o...)
1936Cinders
(A story about the coachman of Cinderella's coach, who rem...)
1939Arrow Fly Home
(The author's ancestors met as children, when both were ca...)
1945Bow Bells
(A retelling of the story of Dick Wittington, who made his...)
1943Goldsmith of Florence
(A book about craftsmen of the Middle Ages and Renaissance...)
1929More Pictures to Grow Up With
(More art reproductions for children with introductory and...)
1946Fairy Tales Retold
(Mostly different stories from those in the Tenggren Tell-...)
1951Pictures to Grow Up With
(Art reproductions for children with introductory and educ...)
1942The Tall Book of Bible Stories
(Bible stories retold by Katharine Gibson, illustrated by ...)
1957To See The Queen
(A story of the child queen Isabella, wife of King Richard...)
1954The Golden Bird
(A Collection of folk stories from around the world.)
1927The Tenggren Tell-It-Again Book
(Classic Fairy Tales, retold by Katharine Gibson. Illustra...)
1942Katharine Gibson married Frank Scott Corey Wicks, an Indianapolis Unitarian minister in 1932. They adopted a daughter, Lynton Wicks Peirce in 1948.