I have no idea is Hazel is right, or who published it, but this is the book I'm referring to, and given her personality, it seems to fit. It's probably the wrong answer, though, because
the Wikipedia article says, "In 2008, the cartoonist's son, Peter Key, said, 'He picked the name Hazel out of the air, but there was an editor at The Post who had a sister named Hazel. She thought her brother came up with the name, and she didn’t speak to him for two years.'"
Ted Key was also the creator of Peabody and Sherman.