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. [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.[1] 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. [3]

References
  1. The Newport Daily News - Archives
  2. Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2003
  3. Book brings generations together

Books
  • No Ducks For Dinner; story by Rosalys Hall; Pictures by Kurt Werth. 1953. Oxford Univ. Press.
  • 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.
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