Kennedy, Kim

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Kennedy, Kim

Personal

Born in LA; daughter of I.G. (a physician) and Carole (an artist) Kennedy. Religion: Methodist.

Addresses

Home—Monroe, LA.

Career

Children's book author.

Writings

FOR CHILDREN, ILLUSTRATED BY BROTHER, DOUG KENNEDY

Napoleon, Viking (New York, NY), 1995.

Mr. Bumble, Hyperion (New York, NY), 1997.

Mr. Bumble Buzzes through the Year, Hyperion (New York, NY), 1998.

Frankenfrog, Hyperion (New York, NY), 1999.

Pirate Pete, Harry Abrams (New York, NY), 2002.

Pirate Pete's Giant Adventure, Harry Abrams (New York, NY), 2006.

Pirate Pete: Talk like a Pirate!, Harry Abrams (New York, NY), 2007.

Sidelights

For Sidelights on Kim Kennedy, please see entry on Doug Kennedy elsewhere in this volume.

Biographical and Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Booklist, June 1, 2002, Julie Cummins, review of Pirate Pete: "Where There's Gold I'm a Goin'," p. 1740; June 1, 2006, Gillian Engberg, review of Pirate Pete's Giant Adventure, p. 84.

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, October, 1999, Janice M. Del Negro, review of Frankenfrog, p. 57.

Children's Book Review Service, August, 1999, review of Frankenfrog, p. 160.

Kirkus Reviews, July 1, 2006, review of Pirate Pete's Giant Adventure, p. 678.

Publishers Weekly, October 2, 1995, review of Napoleon, p. 73; August 11, 1997, review of Mr. Bumble, p. 401; August 2, 1999, review of Frankenfrog, p. 83.

School Library Journal, February, 1996, Virginia Opocensky, review of Napoleon, p. 86; September, 1997, Dawn Amsberry, review of Mr. Bumble, p. 184; August, 1999, Christine A. Moesch, review of Frankenfrog, p. 138.