*Merle S. Haas (1896-1985) was known to three generations of children for her translation from French to English of dozens of Babar books, the beguiling stories of the debonair elephant....
*Merle S. Haas (1896-1985) was known to three generations of children for her translation from French to English of dozens of Babar books, the beguiling stories of the debonair elephant. Mrs. Haas was the widow of Robert K. Haas, co-founder of the Book-of-the- Month Club and a partner in Random House.