Arnott, Kathleen. Britain (1914- )

A teacher by profession, Kathleen Arnott was born in England in 1914. She received her teachers training diploma from Saffron Walden Essex. She also attended Kingsmead theological college. Kathleen taught at an elementary school in Beckenham Kent England and later at the United missionary teacher training college in Ibadan Nigeria. She later worked as a teacher and worker in leper settlement in Nigeria. After their return to England (Kathleen is married to Professor David Arnott) Kathleen worked as a kindergarten teacher in Sevenoaks, Kent.

Kathleen is a writer of folklore for children, fiction and school readers. Her interest in writing children's literature began when she was teaching in Beckenham England. when she moved to Nigeria she became interested in writing children's stories with an African background because she discovered that her students and also the children in local schools did not have storybooks with a Nigerian backround. Since than she has alternated between writing fiction for African children and African folktales for British and American children.

For more information see:

Something about the author. Facts and pictures about authors and illustrators of books for young people. Vol 20. Detroit: Gale Research, 1980.

Published stories

Ayo. Oxford University Press, 1951.

Titi goes fishing. London: Longmans, 1959.

Titi goes to a party. London: Longmans, 1959.

Catching the cattle thief. London: Longmans, 1960.

African myths and legends. London: Oxford University Press, 1978.

Bola at school. London: Oxford University Press, 1965.

Tales of Temba: Traditional African stories. New York: Walck, 1967.

African fairy tales. Muller, 1967.

Bola at college. London: Oxford University Press, 1968.

Animals folktales around the world. New York: Walck, 1970.

Auta the giant killer. Clarendon Press, 1971.

Dragon, Ores, and other scary things. Garrard, 1974.

The Discontented Fish. Durbanville; Anansi -Uitgewers Press, 19

The Monkey's heart. Durbanville: Anansi-Uitgewers Press, 19

Spider, Crabs, and creepy crawlers: Two african folktales. Gerrard, 1978.

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