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Kate Salley Palmer
A native of Orangeburg and a graduate of the University of South
Carolina. She began her career
as an artist at
Clemson University’s Media Center and then taught elementary school in Oconee
(6th grade) and Pickens (art) Counties. In the late 1970’s Kate began her career
as an editorial cartoonist with The Greenville News – the first full-time
staff cartoonist in the state of South Carolina. She was one of only two women
nationally syndicated in over 200 newspapers, and in 1981 Kate won the Freedom
Foundation’s Award for Editorial Cartooning. She visits schools around the
Southeast and is a regular speaker at various regional teacher conferences,
writer’s workshops and book festivals. Kate lives in Clemson with
her husband, Jim.
Over 30 tribes of native people lived in present-day South
Carolina before European contact in the 16th century.
This book describes and illustrates how
they
lived as recorded by European explorers. Native
culture varied
between the different regions of the state in
terms of ancestral origin and dialects, but similarities
existed for crops produced and gathered, game hunted,
various celebrations and ceremonies and for the way they
interacted with their neighbors.
The illustrations vividly depict how native people lived
in harmony with their environment before their way of life was disrupted and
their population was greatly diminished.
32 pages.
May 10, 2013.
ISBN 978-096671-147-9
Softcover $14.95
ALMOST INVISIBLE
Black Patriots of the American
Revolution
Written and illustrated by Kate Salley Palmer
During the American Revolution, over 5000 African Americans fought in
George
Washington's Continental Army. In the northern colonies slaves
and free men fought alongside their white neighbors in many of the
important battles against the British, while in the South very few
slaves were allowed to carry weapons. One southern leader who was
the exception was Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox, who had both African
Americans and Native Americans in his brigade.
In this colorful new book, Kate Salley Palmer has researched and
written about over 25 black patriots who made significant contributions
to the cause for independence from Great Britain.
Publisher: Warbranch Press, Inc. Year: 2008 Pages: 56 Illustrations: Watercolor pencil and gouache Reading level: Grades 3-8 Retail price: $11.95
FRANCIS MARION AND THE LEGEND OF THE SWAMP FOX
Written by Kate Salley Palmer
Illustrated by James Palmer
Explore the life of Francis Marion and the tremendous impact
he had on the course of that war - both statewide and nationally! Marions
successful campaign of ambushes, hit-and-run attacks, and supply line
disruptions made life difficult for British and Loyalist forces in South
Carolina, and to some extent it prevented them from making a "clean sweep"
through the rest of the colonies, as they intended.
Grade level: 3-8
60 pages. 2005.
$13.95
Softcover.
ISBN 10: 0-9667114-5-0
ISBN13: 978-096671-145-5
About the Illustrator:
James Palmer, is the son of Kate
and Jim Palmer. He served as co-producer, writer and
illustrator of
Chasing the Swamp Fox
PALMETTO
SYMBOL OF COURAGE
Written and illustrated by Kate Salley Palmer
This story is about
the first important Revolutionary War victory over the British in the South. It
occurred on June 28, 1776, exactly one week before the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. From a
hastily built little fort made of palmetto logs and beach sand on Sullivan's
Island, South Carolina patriots defeated a heavily armed British fleet
determined to take Charleston for the King of England. The British fired their
cannons from close range, but most cannonballs simply sank into the spongy
palmetto logs and sand and did very little damage to the fort or the soldiers
inside. Carefully aiming their cannons, the soldiers of South Carolina's Second
Regiment, commanded by Col. William Moultrie, did great damage to the British
ships and the fleet had to sail away in shambles. After the battle, the palmetto
tree was adopted as the state tree and prominently featured on South Carolina's
beautiful state flag.38 pages.
ISBN 13: 9780966711448 ISBN 10: 9780966711440 Publisher: Warbranch Press, Inc.
Year: 2005
Illustrations: Acrylic paint and watercolor Reading level: Grades 3-5 Retail price: $10.95
THE
PINK HOUSE
Written and illustrated by Kate Salley Palmer
The Pink House is an
illustrated story of a family vacation to Edisto Beach, SC. The story is told by one of the
cousins, and is a warm account of one day when all the cousins, aunts, uncles,
and even Grandma, come to the "Pink House" where they swim, go fishing with
Uncle Jim, hunt for petrified shark's teeth with Aunt Margaret, sing songs with
Aunt Kate, read books, eat the fish and crabs caught in the surf, play games,
and then go to bed to await what surprises are washed up by the surf the next
day.
36 pages.
ISBN:
978-06671-141-7 Publisher:
Warbranch Press, Inc. Year Published: 1999 Illustrations: Colored pencil Reading level: Grades K-5
Retail Price: $9.95