S. Louise (Susanna Louise) Patteson

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S. Louise (Susanna Louise) Patteson

1853–1922

An Ohio-born writer and illustrator, she turned a lifelong love of animals into lively children's books filled with cats, dogs, and other familiar creatures. Her stories are playful and warm, with the charm of someone who closely watched the everyday world around her.

2 Audiobooks

Pussy Meow : The autobiography of a cat

Pussy Meow : The autobiography of a cat

by S. Louise (Susanna Louise) Patteson

How To Have Bird Neighbors

How To Have Bird Neighbors

by S. Louise (Susanna Louise) Patteson

About the author

Born in 1853 in Ohio, Susanna Louise Patteson wrote under the name S. Louise Patteson and became known for children's books that often centered on animals. She both wrote and illustrated her work, giving her stories a personal, handmade feel.

Her best-known books include Peeps at Many Lands: Norway, A Little Norsk; or, Ol' Pap's Flaxen, and Kittie Kat Kimmie. She also worked as an artist, and surviving archival material shows her discussing illustrations for her books well into the early 1900s.

Patteson died in 1922. Though not widely remembered today, her work still offers a glimpse of early twentieth-century children's literature shaped by affection for animals, gentle humor, and an illustrator's eye for detail.