Rosalys Hall

Rosalys Hall

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. [ [http://www.newportdailynews.com/articles/2007/12/10/obits/dates/april_2006/0661-hall.txt The Newport Daily News - Archives ] ] 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. [ Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2003] 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. [ [http://www.newportdailynews.com/articles/2007/12/10/obits/dates/april_2006/0661-hall.txt The Newport Daily News - Archives ] ] 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. [ [http://www.eastbayri.com/story/280339459551162.php Book brings generations together ] ]

References

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.

External links

* [http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/ark:/80444/xv35239 Guide to the Rosalys Haskell Hall papers at the University of Oregon]


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