Katharine Pyle

Katharine Pyle (1863–1938) was an American illustrator and author of books for children, born in Wilmington, Delaware. The younger sister of the illustrator Howard Pyle, she studied art in Philadelphia and New York and illustrated books by other writers as well as her own. She wrote and illustrated collections of fairy tales and folk tales, including Tales of Folk and Fairies and Wonder Tales from Many Lands, retellings of Grimm and Andersen, verse for children and books on Delaware history. Her work combines clear storytelling with decorative illustration.