Alice Hale BurnettAlice Hale Burnett was an American author of children's books. She is best known for writing books set in a small town called Merryvale. Her books were originally published by The New York Book Company early in the Twentieth century.
THE MERRYVALE BOYS by Alice Hale Burnett
Book cover of Hallowe'en at Merryvale.
The adventures of "Toad" and "Chuck" Brown, "Fat," "Reddy" are told by Burnett in a series of books called The Merryvale Boys. According to the description on the books, this series portrays a boy's life in a small town America.
Described in the front material of one of the titles as, quote: "Stories for small boys, each complete in itself, telling about the many interesting doings of 'Toad' and 'Chuck' Brown, and their friends, 'Fat,' 'Reddy,' and others. The books are written so the boy may read and understand them; the action faithfully portrays boy life in a small town."
I could not find any information on the web anywhere about this lady, no birth date, nothing. Her books are great for children , too bad I cannot give her more credit 