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Edward Ormondroyd

Born

in Wilkinsburg, PA, The United States

October 08, 1925

Genre

Children's Books

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Edward Ormondroyd grew up in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, and Ann Arbor, Michigan. During WWII he served onboard a destroyer escort, participating in the invasions of Okinawa and Iwo Jima.

After the war he attended the University of California at Berkeley, where he received a bachelor's degree in English. Later he went back for a master's degree in library science.

He lived in Berkeley for 25 years, working at various jobs while he wrote children's books. He and his wife Joan moved to upstate New York in 1970. They live in the country near Ithaca, in a house designed and partly built by Edward. Their seven children are all grown and independent. They have two grandsons and a granddaughter. Edward's interests include studying piano, gardening, bo ...more

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Average rating: 4.14 · 2,068 ratings · 286 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	David and the Phoenix by Edward Ormondroyd, Joan Raysor (illustrator) 4.25 avg rating — 902 ratings — published 1957 — 77 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
	Time at the Top (Time at the Top, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 847 ratings — published 1963 — 17 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
	All in Good Time (Time at the Top, #2) by Edward Ormondroyd, Ruth Robbins (Illustrator) 4.13 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 1975 — 6 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
	Theodore: The Adventures of a Smudgy Bear by Edward Ormondroyd, Juli Kangas (Illustrator) 3.74 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1966 — 7 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
	Time at the Top / All in Good Time by Edward Ormondroyd, Charles Geer, Jolly Roger Bradfield 4.28 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2011	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
	Castaways on Long Ago by Edward Ormondroyd, Karen C. Rhine (Illustrator) 3.91 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1973 — 8 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
	Broderick 3.74 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1969 — 7 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
	Theodore's Rival really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1971 — 6 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 Tale of Alain 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1960	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
	Johnny Castleseed by Edward Ormondroyd, Diana Thewlis (Illustrator) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1985 — 7 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

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Time at the Top (3 books)
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Edward Ormondroyd,

Charles Geer,

Jolly Roger Bradfield

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