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Spilka was born in New York City and attended the Art Students League where he studied drawing with Rico Lebrun, and sculpture with John Hovannes.
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Arnold Spilka
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He illustrated many books for other writers, including Robert Froman, John Lawson, Beman Lord, and Ann McGovern. He was the writer and illustrator of A Rumbudgin of Nonsense (1970) a picture book of nonsense verse (Online Computer Library Center 91563) as well as A Lion I Can Do Without (1964), And the Frog Went Blah (1972), and Bumples, Fumdidlers, and Jellybeans (1996). Among his poems are Don"t Tell Maine That I Talk Too Much and Flowers are a Silly Bunch, which starts by listing aspects of nature (such as trees are bossy, and lakes are shy), but turns out to be a poem about liking the city.
