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Author Profile -- Becky Hall
BORN: Worcester, MA (a long long time ago!)
PARENTS: Jim and Betty Gummere. She was an interior decorator. He was a
businessman. He died years ago but my mother is now 90 years old and still
kicking...dogs, kids, and me if I don't respond fast enough.
SPOUSE: Dave Hall: landscape painter (former educator like me but he got
dreaming about his creative side and left teaching 3 years ago)
CHILDREN: daughter (19) son (14)
EDUCATION: BA (psychology)from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY
MA(Math Education) at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA Library/Media
Certification- Utah Sate University- Logan, UT
PLACES LIVED: Grafton, MA Ages 1-18- a small New England country town
Saratoga Springs, NY (College), Boston, MA (What a fun place to live!) New
Haven, CT (2 years while my husband was in grad. school) Helena, MT 1 year
Salt Lake City, UT since 1977...a really long time!
OTHER JOBS HELD: Retail sales (That's how I bought my clothes in college),
nanny and cook (This is how I learned to cook!), waitress (This is how I
learned to love eating HAHA), behavior therapist (Who's helping whom?),
and classroom teacher (Grades 2-8). Now I am a full time elementary school
library media specialist (also known as a librarian).
HOBBIES: playing with my husband, 2 kids, and 2 dogs, hiking, skiing,
reading, boating, collecting antiques
PHOBIAS: heights (This helps me avoid some of the chores like re-roofing
the garage and putting up Christmas lights in snowy trees!)
RECENT BOOKS: A is for Arches. Coming soon: A Utah Counting book
PUBLISH WITH: Sleeping Bear Press
SCHOOL VISIT ACTIVITIES:
Using picture books as mentor texts, The writing life, recording your life
in journals. The writing process, how a story becomes a book Using the Six
Traits in Teaching Writing (For teachers)
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Profile of children's author-- Becky Hall
This profile first appeared in the UCWI Newsletter
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