By his 60s, Dick King-Smith felt he had failed at farming and teaching grade school children. Then he combined his former careers into a vocation for writing, and a “Babe” was born!
Charles Perrault spent years as a loyal secretary for the government of King Louis XIV. After he retired, he transcribed his most prestigious work, Tales From Mother Goose.
Mary Norton’s husband shipped out during World War II, leaving her with four children to support. Her writing sustained the imaginations of millions more.
His life was touched by tragedy from an early age. Yet he retained a sense of joy and nostalgia, and wrote one of the most beloved children’s tales of all time.
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