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Kathleen Fidler

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Kathleen Fidler


Born
in Coalville, Leicestershire, The United Kingdom
August 10, 1899

Died
August 07, 1980

Genre
Children's Books, Entertainment


Born in 1899 in Coalville, Leicestershire, Kathleen Annie Fidler was educated at Wigan Girls' High School, and at St. Mary's College in Bangor, North Wales. She was the headmistress of the Scot Lane Evening Institute from 1924-30, and taught at St. Paul's Girls' School, Wigan, from 1925-30. Fidler married J.H. Goldie in 1930, and had one daughter and one son. She spent most of her married life in the Edinburgh area, and died in 1980.

A prolific author, who penned both children's books and scripts for the BBC, Fidler is perhaps best remembered as the creator of two series, one about the Brydon family, the other about the Deans. ...more

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Average rating: 3.89 · 541 ratings · 74 reviews · 149 distinct works • Similar authors
The Boy with the Bronze Axe
3.82 avg rating — 271 ratings — published 1968 — 13 editions
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The Desperate Journey
3.89 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 1964 — 10 editions
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Haki the Shetland Pony (Kel...
3.81 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1968 — 11 editions
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Flash the Sheep Dog
4.14 avg rating — 21 ratings — 8 editions
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Turk the Border Collie
4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1975 — 5 editions
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Seal Story
4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1979 — 4 editions
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Fingal's Ghost
4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1946 — 3 editions
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The Droving Lad (A Kelpie P...
3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1955 — 3 editions
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School at Sea
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Escape in Darkness (A Kelpi...
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Series by Kathleen Fidler

The Borrowed Garden More Adventures of the Brydons Brydons in summer Brydons on the Broads The Brydons Go Camping The Brydons At Smugglers Creek
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The Deans' Dutch Adventure The Dean’s Lighthouse Adven...
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