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Sarah Josepha Hale

Born

in Newport, New Hampshire, The United States

October 24, 1788

Died

April 30, 1879

Genre

Children's, Fiction, Nonfiction

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Sarah Josepha Buell Hale was an American writer and an influential editor. She is the author of the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb". She famously campaigned for the creation of the American holiday known as Thanksgiving, and for the completion of the Bunker Hill Monument.

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Average rating: 3.86 · 1,201 ratings · 119 reviews · 266 distinct works

	Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hale, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator) 3.83 avg rating — 266 ratings — published 1830 — 37 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
	Early American Cookery: The Good Housekeeper, 1841 3.90 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1996 — 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
	Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851 3.40 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1851 — 15 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
	Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1851 — 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
	Northwood; or, Life north and south: showing the true character of both. By Mrs. Sarah Josepha Hale. liked it 3.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1972 — 24 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
	Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1857 — 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
	Liberia: Or, Mr. Peyton's Experiments 2.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1853 — 15 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
	Poems for our children: including "Mary had a little lamb," designed for families, Sabbath schools, and infant schools. Written to inculcate moral truths and virtuous sentiments. 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011 — 26 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
	Northwood; a Tale of New England, Volume 1 2.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — 20 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
	Godey's Lady's Book July 1863 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1863	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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“Mary had a little lamb
Its fleece was white as snow...”
― Sarah Josepha Buell Hale

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“The fearful are the failing.”
― Sarah Josepha Hale

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“It requires but a few threads of hope, for the heart that is skilled in the secret, to weave a web of happiness.”
― Sarah Josepha Hale

tags: american-history, sarah-josepha-hale, thanksgiving

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