You might be refering to the book by Warren Kimble
"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car"
Joan Baur is a famous childrens book author. She wrote this book called "Close to Famous" which won a bunch of awards. She is now famous for writing this book.
The musical Cats is based on Old Possum's Book of Pratical Cats by T.S. Elliot.
"It didn't frighten me!" by Janet L. Goss
Cats the musical was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and first performed on London's West End in 1981. Lloyd Webber based the wide cast of characters on one of his childhood favorites, poet T.S. Eliot's 1939 book Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.
Joan Holub.
"The Cat's Meow" was written by Warren Kimble.
roald dahl
The book "Listen!" was written by Stephany S. Tolan.
enid blyton was 14 when she wrote her first book "childrens whisper"
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This childrens book was written by Steve Voaks.
poetry amd childrens books
"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car"
Roald Dahl's first children's book was "The Gremlins," published in 1943. It was about mischievous mythical creatures who sabotage aircraft during World War II.
Frank Muir wrote the What-a-Mess children's' book range and it was illustrated by Joseph Wright. Hope that answers your question.
Check out the Author Enid Blyton who wrote hundreds of childrens books in that era.