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Mary O'Neill

Born

New York, New York, The United States

Died

January 02, 1990

Genre

Children's

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Mary ONeill was raised in what she describes as a wonderful barn of a Victorian house in Berea, Ohio, where she wrote and directed plays for her younger brothers and sisters . She was educated at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, and Western Reserve in Cleveland and the University of Michigan. Mrs. ONeill entered the advertising field and became a partner in her own advertising agency. She retired from advertising and lived in New York City.

Mrs, ONeill's books include the very popular books of verse Hailstones and Halibut Bones and People I'd Like to Keep, and the distinguished Saints: Adventures in Courage.

Mrs. O'Neill died of heart failure on January 2, 1990, in Yuma (Ariz.) Regional Medical Center. She was 84 years old.

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	Hailstones and Halibut Bones by Mary O'Neill, Leonard Weisgard (Illustrator) 4.32 avg rating — 1,162 ratings — published 1961 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sound of Day / The Sound of Night by Mary O'Neill, Cynthia Jabar (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.85 avg rating — 34 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Words Words Words really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1966 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	People I'd Like to Keep by Mary O'Neill, Paul Galdone (Illustrator) 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1964 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ali by Mary O'Neill, Juan Carlos Barberis (Illustrator) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1968 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What is Orange? by Mary O'Neill, John Wallner (Illustrator) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fingers Are Always Bringing Me News 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1969 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pick Your Brains About Ireland 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	And Then I Went to Bed: A 1918 Philadelphia Diary by Mary O'Neill, Kirk Gulden (Preface) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Winds by Mary O'Neill, James Barkley (Illustrator) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Think of what starlight
And lamplight would lack
Diamonds and fireflies
If they couldn’t lean against Black. . . .”
― Mary O'Neill, Hailstones and Halibut Bones

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