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May Gibbs

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Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Children's Author
Died
Nov 27, 1969
Zodiac
Capricorn
Born in
England
About
Best remembered for her Snugglepot and Cuddlepie series of children's books, this Australian writer and illustrator created the famous "gumnut babies" characters. Her later works include Bib and Bub: Their Adventures and Scotty in Gumnut Land.
Family
Born Cecilia May Gibbs in Kent, England, she spent the majority of her childhood in Western Australia. In 1919, she married miner Bertram James Ossoli Kelly.

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