Carine Cadby

Carine Cadby, also known as Katharine Mary Simpson Cadby, was a British photographer and author associated with the pictorial photography world of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Sources describe her as a successful flower photographer who also wrote for photographic journals, showing that her writing and image-making developed side by side.

She later became known to readers for children's books such as Finding a Fairy and Puppies and Kittens and Other Stories. These works reflect the same close attention to nature and everyday wonder that shaped her photographic work, and some accounts note collaborations with her husband, the photographer Will Cadby.

Although not a household name today, her books still attract interest from readers who enjoy vintage animal stories, fairy literature, and early illustrated children's publishing. What stands out most is the quiet charm of her work: she combined observation, imagination, and a love of the natural world in a way that still feels warm and inviting.