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Ilo Orleans
Ilo Orleans, lawyer and author of children's verse, was born in London, February 24, 1897. He graduated from Columbia College in 1916, attended the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism in 1917, and Columbia Law School, in 1919, where he was editor of the law review. Orleans was a member of the law firm, Falk & Orleans. He was also a member of the Poetry Society of America. Orleans died, September 26, 1962. [Source: Orbituary, "Ilo Orleans, A Poet and Lawyer, Was 65," New York Times, Sept. 27, 1962, p. 37; Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2004] Poetry Ilo Orleans, Father Gander ([New York]: C. Kendall, 1933) ________, Wonder Book of Fun: Poems (New York, Wonder Books, 1951) ________, Laughing Up Your Sleeve (Newark, New Jersey: Lasky Co., 1953)(Skokie, Illinois: Black Cat Press, 1984) _________, The First Rainbow: A Book of Rhymes from Bible Times (New York: Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1954) _________, This Wonderful Day: Poems of Prayer and Thanksgiving (New York: Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1958) ________, Animal Orchestra (Racine, Wisconsin: Golden Press, 1958)(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1958)New York: Random House, 2002)(New York: Golden Books, 2004)(illustrated by Tibor Gergely) ________, Ornament of Grace: A woman of valor & The upright man, two poetic versions of themes from the Old Testament ... (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey: Oriole Press, 1959) ________, The Zoo that Grew (New York: H.Z. Walck, 1960)(pictures by Harold Berson) ________, Johnny Appleseed, a Poem (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey: Oriole Press, 1960) ________, I Watch the World Go By (New York: H.Z. Walck, 1961) ________, Within Thy Hand: My Poem Book of Prayers (New York: Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1961) ________, Gingerbread Children: Poems (Chicago: Follett Pub. Co., 1973)(illustrations by Kinuko Craft) Writings Ilo Orleans, Funday (New York: Martin & Co., 1930) |
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