Betty Misheiker

Betty Misheiker has been writing for children since the early 50's. Her stories and songs cover a wide range of topics, all dealing with educational subjects pertaining to children's daily lives. Her enormous body of work began when a childrens' radio producer, Kathleen Davydd asked her to write 13 commissioned children's programmes for the South African Broadcasting Corporation. She went on to write over 400 TV and Radio programes, each of which included a song, a story and an activity for...See more

Betty Misheiker has been writing for children since the early 50's. Her stories and songs cover a wide range of topics, all dealing with educational subjects pertaining to children's daily lives. Her enormous body of work began when a childrens' radio producer, Kathleen Davydd asked her to write 13 commissioned children's programmes for the South African Broadcasting Corporation. She went on to write over 400 TV and Radio programes, each of which included a song, a story and an activity for young people. Over her long and prolific career she has also written many musicals for the stage as well as puppet shows, plays, books, films and poems. ... See less