Rosalys Hall

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Rosalys Haskell Hall (March 27, 1914- April 17, 2006) was an American author of children’s books.

Hall was seven times descended from Roger Williams and the great-grand niece of Maud Howe Elliott. ^[1] She attended Ecole Sevigne, in Paris, France, New Jersey College for Women, and Ethical Culture Norman Training School.

Hall was a seller of children's books in New York at Doubleday Bookshop, from 1938-1944; and at Longman's, Green & Co. (now merged with David McKay Co., Inc., under McKay name) she worked as editor in Children's Book Department beginning in 1944.^[2] She was the fourth generation to write books beginning with Julia Ward Howe, author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". She was the published author of seventeen children's books.^[3] Several of her books were illustrated by Kurt Werth.

A great animal lover (many of her children's books featured animals, including "A Bone for Jonesy"), Hall was known throughout Newport as a dog-walker. ^[4]

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[edit] Books

• The three beggar kings. by Rosalys Haskell Hall; Kurt Werth. Publisher: New York, Random House [1974]
• A bone for Jonesy by Rosalys Haskell Hall; Publisher: Newport, R.I. : Privately printed, 2004.
• The bright and shining breadboard, by Rosalys Haskell Hall; Kurt Werth. Publisher: New York, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard [1969]
• Miranda's dragon, by Rosalys Haskell Hall; Kurt Werth. Publisher: New York, McGraw-Hill [1968]
• Saint Nicholas by Rosalys Haskell Hall; Ilse Buchert Nesbitt; Publisher: Newport, R.I. : printed at the Third & Elm Press, 1980.
• Animal hide and seek, by Julia Ward Howe Hall; Rosalys Haskell Hall; Publisher: New York, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1958.
• Seven for Saint Nicholas. by Rosalys Haskell Hall; Publisher: Philadelphia, Lippincott [1958]
• The merry miller by Rosalys Haskell Hall; Publisher: New York Oxford University Press 1952.
• Young fancy. by Rosalys Haskell Hall; Publisher: New York, Longmans, Green, 1960.

[edit] External links

• Guide to the Rosalys Haskell Hall papers at the University of Oregon