# Helen Wing

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**Helen Wilkie Wing** (February 7, 1892 – December 19, 1981) was an American author, composer,[1] and pianist[2] who was born in Polk, North Carolina.[3] She lived in [Chicago](/source/Chicago), Illinois, for much of her life but also gave recitals in [Michigan](/source/Michigan)[4] and [Wisconsin](/source/Wisconsin).[5]

Wing presented many recitals with Grace Holverscheid Tallman, singing duets and accompanying Grace on piano.[6] 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](/source/Oak_Park,_Illinois), Illinois. She wrote poems and songs for *Child Life* magazine,[7] and at least 25 books for young children, including eight [Rand McNally](/source/Rand_McNally) Junior Elf books. Her works were published by the Wetmore Declamation Bureau in [Sioux City](/source/Sioux_City,_Iowa), Iowa, which provided plays and music for children, and the Chicago publisher Clayton F. Summy, who marketed spoken-word compositions to [Chautauqua](/source/Chautauqua) performers.[8]

Wing's works include:

## Books

- Animal Alphabet (illustrated by [Racey Helps](/source/Racey_Helps))[9]
- Animals at the Seashore (illustrated by Racey Helps)
- Animals' Boat Ride (illustrated by Racey Helps)
- Animals' Tea Party (illustrated by Irma Wilde)
- Billy Whiskers' Twins
- Georgie Porgie[10]
- Happy Animals' ABC
- Happy Twins
- Kitten Twins (illustrated by Elizabeth Webb)
- Little Boy Blue's Horn
- Little Duckling (illustrated by Lucy Ozone)
- Nursery Nonsense of Now-a-days
- Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe
- Play ABC With Me (illustrated by Racey Helps)
- Pony Twins (illustrated by Marjorie Cooper)
- Tubby Turtle
- Squirrel Twins (illustrated by Elizabeth Webb)

## Rand McNally Junior Elf Books

- Butterball the Little Chick (illustrated by Mary Jane Chase)
- Hickory, Dickory Dock (illustrated by Eleanor Corwin)
- Jack Sprat (illustrated by Anne Sellers Leaf)
- Little Bo Peep (illustrated by Mary Jane Chase)
- Playtime Poodles: A Real Live Animal Book (photographed by Jack Schmidling & Albert G. Westelin)
- Puppy Twins (illustrated by Ruth Bendel)
- Tie My Shoe (illustrated by Sharon Cane)
- Volksy: The Little Yellow Car (illustrated by Mary Jane Chase)

## Songs

- "Chink, Chink, Chinaman"
- "Circus"[11]
- "Company"
- "Eskimo" (words by Mildred Plew Merryman)
- "Gingerbread Boy"
- "If"
- "Lilac Time"
- "Mother's Only Boy"
- "My Thoughts"
- "Nancy Sue"
- "Parasol"
- "Root for Rotary" (with Grace Holverscheid)[12]
- "When I Am Very Old"
- "William"

## Theatre

- Miracle of Christmas (music by Phyllis Fergus, text by Wing)
- One-Act Play

## References

1. Stern, Susan (1978). *Women composers : a handbook*. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. [OCLC 3844725](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3844725)

1. Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). *International encyclopedia of women composers*. Second edition, revised and enlarged ed. New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. [OCLC 16714846](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16714846)

1. Hixon, Donald L. (1993). *Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography*. 2nd ed. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. [OCLC 28889156](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28889156)

1. [*Music News*](https://books.google.com/books?id=bmhFAQAAMAAJ). Charles E. Watt. 1922.

1. [*The Booklist and Subscription Books Bulletin*](https://books.google.com/books?id=uyIYAQAAIAAJ&q=helen+wing+composer). American Library Association. 1962.

1. [*Forest Leaves*](https://books.google.com/books?id=HGEwAQAAMAAJ). Hall-Heileman Company. 1923.

1. ["14 Jan 1925, Page 8 - Suburbanite Economist at Newspapers.com"](https://www.newspapers.com/image/54173531/?terms=helen+wing). *Newspapers.com*. Retrieved 2020-07-27.

1. mwilsonkimber (2017-06-15). ["Forgetting"](https://marianwilsonkimber.wordpress.com/2017/06/15/forgetting/). *Marian Wilson Kimber*. Retrieved 2020-07-27.

1. ["Helen Wing"](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/879495.Helen_Wing). *www.goodreads.com*. Retrieved 2020-07-27.

1. Wing, Helen (8 May 1922). ["newspapers.com"](https://www.newspapers.com). *Chicago Tribune*. Retrieved 26 July 2020.

1. Wing, Helen (14 June 1925). ["newspapers.com"](https://www.newspapers.com). *Suburban Economist*. Retrieved 26 July 2020.

1. [*Catalog of Copyright Entries*](https://books.google.com/books?id=CAE4AQAAMAAJ&q=helen+wing+composer&pg=PA859). U.S. Government Printing Office. 1922.

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