Jack Sprat

Chicago, IL: Rand McNally & Company. Very Good+. 1966. Hardcover. Color Illustrations; This is an oversized book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book is in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. "Helen Wilkie Wing (February 7, 1892 – December 19, 1981) was an American author, composer, and pianist who was born in Polk, North Carolina. She lived in Chicago, Illinois, for much of her life but also gave recitals in Michigan and Wisconsin. Wing presented many recitals with Grace Holverscheid Tallman, singing duets and accompanying Grace on piano. Together with Grace and her husband, Richard Dean Tallman, Wing owned the Normandy House restaurant in Chicago. Wing taught at the Bliss School of Music in Oak Park, Illinois. She wrote poems and songs for Child Life magazine, and at least 25 books for young children, including eight Rand McNally Junior Elf books. Her works were published by the Wetmore Declamation Bureau in Sioux City, Iowa, which provided plays and music for children, and the Chicago publisher Clayton F. Summy, who marketed spoken-word compositions to Chautauqua performers. " (from Wikipedia) .