Rosemary Wells (1) (1943–)
Author of Noisy Nora
For other authors named Rosemary Wells, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Rosemary Wells was born in New York City on January 29, 1943. She studied at the Museum School in Boston. Without her degree, she left school at the age of 19 to get married. She began her career in publishing, working as an art editor and designer first at Allyn and Bacon and later at Macmillan show more Publishing. She is an author and illustrator of over 60 books for children and young adults. Her first book was an illustrated edition of Gilbert and Sullivan's I Have a Song to Sing-O. Her other works include Martha's Birthday, The Fog Comes on Little Pig Feet, Unfortunately Harriet, Mary on Horseback, and Timothy Goes to School. She also created the characters of Max and Ruby, Noisy Nora, and Yoko, which are featured in some of her books. She has won numerous awards including a Children's Book Council Award for Noisy Nora in 1974, the Edgar Allan Poe award for two young adult books, Through the Looking Glass and When No One Was Looking, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Shy Charles. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Library of Congress
Series
Works by Rosemary Wells
Letters and Sounds: Timothy Goes to School Learning Book #1 (Get Set for Kindergarten) (2001) 121 copies
Yoko & Friends School Days: Mama, Don't Go! - Book#1 (Yoko and Friends School Days) (2001) 66 copies
Yoko & Friends School Days: The Germ Busters - Book #6 (Yoko and Friends--School Days) (2001) 47 copies
Yoko & Friends School Days: Read Me a Story - Book #8 (Yoko and Friends School Days) (1827) 37 copies
Yoko & Friends School Days: When I Grow Up - Book #12 (Yoko and Friends--School Days) (2003) 35 copies
Read to Your Bunny( (With a Note from T. Berry Brazelton M. D.))[READ TO YOUR BUNNY-BOARD][Board Books] (2003) 4 copies
Fred's Red Hat 4 copies
Big Bad Ben (Hooked on Phonics) 3 copies
john and the rarey 2 copies
Growing a Garden: Set of 5 Children's Books about Plants and Seeds (All About Seeds ~ First Tomato: A Voyage to… (2005) 1 copy
Mc Duff's New Friend 1 copy
Associated Works
The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud (1998) — Author — 1,585 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1943-01-29
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Red Bank, New Jersey, USA
- Education
- School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Occupations
- children's book author
illustrator
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1980s (1)
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Statistics
- Works
- 249
- Also by
- 20
- Members
- 30,027
- Popularity
- #670
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 852
- ISBNs
- 1,455
- Languages
- 13