Gail E. Haley

Gail E. Haley (born November 4, 1939) and the 1976 Kate Greenaway Medal for The Post Office Cat, her own historical fiction about a London post office.

Biography Haley was born Gail Einhart in Charlotte, North Carolina. At The Charlotte Observer where her father was art director, she later recalled, "In the art department and pressrooms I soaked up the exciting smells and sounds of the graphic arts. I've had printer's ink and rubber cement in my veins ever since." She studied at Richmond Professional Institute and the University of Virginia (graphics and painting). It was printed from wood and linoleum blocks in a limited edition of 1000 that she helped bind and sell. She was eligible to win the British Greenaway Medal as a resident.

She is also the recipient of the Kadai.Tosho Awards, issued for best picture book of the year in Japan, and the 1980 Parents Choice Award.

There are at least two Gail E. Haley archives ("Papers").

As of 1999, Haley and her husband David Considine were Media Literacy consultants and co-authors.

For at least three decades Haley has "presented workshops, storytelling, art demonstrations and puppetry programs in schools and libraries throughout the USA, Canada, England and Australia."

Selected works

Novels

Madwomen of Meriweather (Still in galley form searching for a publisher, 2015; written and illustrated by Gail E. Haley - Inspiration from the story comes from the records of a North Carolina insane asylum in the 1920s.

Fiction My kingdom for a dragon (Crozet Print Shop, 1962); written and illus. by Haley One, two, buckle my shoe (Doubleday, 1964); traditional, illus. by Haley A story, a story (Atheneum, 1970, PZ8.1.H139 St); an African tale, retold and illus. by Haley Altogether, one at a time (Atheneum, 1971); by E. L. Konigsburg, illus. by Haley and others The post office cat (Scribner, c1976, ); written and illus. by Haley The green man (c1979; 1st American ed. Scribner, 1980, ); written and illus. by Haley —based on English legends of the Green Man Mountain Jack tales (Dutton, c1992, ); as told and illus. by Haley —"These stories featuring the hero Jack are set in the mountains of North Carolina, but have their roots in Old World folklore. The illustrations are wood engravings." (LCC summary) Isabella Propeller and the Magic Beanie (Parkway Publishing, c2011, ); written by Jonathan Graves and illustrated by Gail E. Haley

Nonfiction

Professional education Visual Messages: Integrating imagery into instruction, David M. Considine and Gail E. Haley, Englewood, Colo. : Teacher Ideas Press, 1992, Imagine That: Developing critical thinking and critical viewing through children’s literature, David M. Considine, Gail E. Haley, Lyn Ellen Lacy, Englewood, Colo. : Teacher Ideas Press, 1994,

Juvenile LCC record: Costumes for plays and playing (Methuen, 1978, ) —"A guide to making costumes for plays, Halloween, parties, or make-believe with instructions for many types of accessories, ideas for finding and remaking old clothes, and tips on getting into character." (LCC summary)

Film "Printmaking techniques in book illustration". Filmstrip, sound cassette, and guide. Weston Woods Studios. 1977(?).