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Sesyle Joslin

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Born: August 29 1929

Sesyle Joslin is a children's literature author. Joslin's book What Do You Say, Dear? was illustrated by Maurice Sendak and it was a Caldecott Medal Honor book in 1959.

Joslin was born in Providence, RI, on August 30, 1929. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, she worked as an editorial assistant and assistant editor in Philadelphia, and was the book columnist at Country Gentleman magazine from 1949 through 1951. In 1950, she married writer Al Hine. The couple had three children. In addition, she served as a production assistant on Peter Brook's Lord of the Flies and worked on location in Puerto Rico.

In addition to writing under her own name, Joslin also used a few pseudonyms. Under the name Josephine Gibson, she and her husband wrote Is There a Mouse in the House? . And under the name G. B. Kirtland they wrote One Day in Ancient Rome , One Day in Elizabethan England , and One Day in Aztec Mexico .

Sesyle Joslin

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Born: August 29 1929

Sesyle Joslin is a children's literature author. Joslin's book What Do You Say, Dear? was illustrated by Maurice Sendak and it was a Caldecott Medal Honor book in 1959.

Joslin was born in Providence, RI, on August 30, 1929. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, she worked as an editorial assistant and assistant editor in Philadelphia, and was the book columnist at Country Gentleman magazine from 1949 through 1951. In 1950, she married writer Al Hine. The couple had three children. In addition, she served as a production assistant on Peter Brook's Lord of the Flies and worked on location in Puerto Rico.

In addition to writing under her own name, Joslin also used a few pseudonyms. Under the name Josephine Gibson, she and her husband wrote Is There a Mouse in the House? . And under the name G. B. Kirtland they wrote One Day in Ancient Rome , One Day in Elizabethan England , and One Day in Aztec Mexico .

Books from Sesyle Joslin

What Do You Say, Dear? A Book of Manners for All Occasions

4.2/5 ( ratings)

What Do You Do, Dear? Proper Conduct for All Occasions

4.1/5 ( ratings)

There Is a Dragon in My Bed and Other Useful Phrases in French and English

4.2/5 ( ratings)

The Night They Stole the Alphabet

4.6/5 ( ratings)

Dear Dragon . . . and Other Useful Letter Forms for Young Ladies and Gentlemen Engaged in Everyday Correspondence

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Spy Lady and the Muffin Man

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Brave Baby Elephant

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Baby Elephant and the Secret Wishes

2.8/5 ( ratings)

Baby Elephant's Trunk

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Last Summer's Smugglers

4.3/5 ( ratings)

La Petite Famille

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Pinkety, Pinkety: A Practical Guide to Wishing

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Piccolo elefante cresce

4.3/5 ( ratings)

QU'EST-CE QU'ON DIT ? (LES TRESORS DE SENDAK)

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Baby Elephants Trunk

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Baby Elephant Goes to China

4.3/5 ( ratings)

What do you say, dear? (Korean edition): 뭐라고 말해야 할까?

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Слоненок в Китае

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Храбрый слоненок

4.3/5 ( ratings)

La Fiesta

4.3/5 ( ratings)