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Sesyle Joslin

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in Providence, Rhode Island, The United States

August 30, 1929

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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 (1963 film) 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 husban ...more

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Average rating: 4.22 · 3,088 ratings · 208 reviews · 46 distinct works • Similar authors

	What Do You Say, Dear? A Book of Manners for All Occasions by Sesyle Joslin, Maurice Sendak (Illustrator) 4.23 avg rating — 2,543 ratings — published 1958 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Do You Do, Dear? Proper Conduct for All Occasions by Sesyle Joslin, Maurice Sendak (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 389 ratings — published 1961 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Night They Stole the Alphabet by Sesyle Joslin, Enrico Arno (Illustrator) 4.58 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1968 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	There Is a Dragon in My Bed and Other Useful Phrases in French and English by Sesyle Joslin, Irene Haas (Illustrator) 4.24 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1961	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dear Dragon . . . and Other Useful Letter Forms for Young Ladies and Gentlemen Engaged in Everyday Correspondence by Sesyle Joslin, Irene Haas (Illustrator) 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1962 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The spy lady and the muffin man, 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1971 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Petite Famille by Sesyle Joslin, John Alcorn 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1964 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Summer's Smugglers 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1973 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Please Share That Peanut! by Sesyle Joslin, Simms Taback (Illustrator) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1965	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Baby Elephant's Trunk by Sesyle Joslin, Leonard Weisgard (Illustrator) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1961 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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