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= Keith Chatfield =

Keith Chatfield is a British children's author and television narrator. He began his writing career with Thames TV in 1969.

He wrote and narrated 39 episodes of HattyTown Tales, animated in the Magic Roundabout-style by Ivor Wood and FilmFair for Thames Television. The stories, for young children, followed the adventures of Sancho and his good friend Carrots in Hattytown where the animated 'hatty' people live in magnificent 'hatty' houses, the most luxurious being a palace in the form of a crown inhabited by King Ethelbert. The series spread beyond television and into books, annuals and toys.

In the 1970s Keith created his most famous character Issi Noho, the panda with his magic squares and hit-or-miss magic, found in the woods by the Martin children, Andrew and Sally. He wrote and narrated over 50 episodes of Issi's adventures for Thames Television accompanied by illustrations by Edward C. Standon. The books were published by Heinemann.

Keith began to write for older children; Tregarrick, an adventure concerning 18th-century Cornish ship-wreckers, followed by Bird Mountain, a fantasy story. Later works include the My Brother Humphrey series.

For many years Keith combined his writing career with teaching. He has held writers' workshops for adults and visited over 600 schools offering assembly presentations followed by writers' workshops.

Born in Surrey in 1934 he continues to take a keen interest in children's writing from his home in Buckinghamshire.

Issi Noho

 * Issi Noho (1974)
 * Issi Pandemonium (1975)
 * Issi's Magic Tonic (1976)
 * Issi's Magic Ups and Downs
 * Issi Noho's Alphabet Book

Hattytown Tales


 * Hattytown Annual
 * A Big Television Book
 * The King's Portrait
 * Bobby's Flower Garden
 * Simon's Magnifying Glass

The Humphrey Series

 * My Brother Humphrey
 * Daddy's Good Ideas
 * The Boy in the Mirror
 * Humphrey the Birdman
 * It's all Humphrey's Fault
 * Granny Teacosy
 * Grandad Fixed It
 * Mummy Never Stops