Ole Risom

Ole Risom (1919-2000) worked extensively in children's publishing in various capacities, from art director to publishing executive. He served as art director for the 1971 album The Official Sesame Street 2 Book-and-Record Album. As vice president of Western Publishing's Golden Books division, Risom oversaw the line, including the Sesame Street tie-ins, and occasionally wrote titles such as I am a Bunny (featured in Sesame Street Episode 3153) and other I am animal books.
After leaving Western in 1972, Risom joined Random House as associate publisher of their juvenile division from 1972 to 1990. In 1997, he co-wrote a biography of his I am a Bunny illustrator Richard Scarry, The Busy, Busy World of Richard Scarry.
3153k.jpg|Risom's book acknowledgement credit in Episode 3153
==External links==
*New York Times obituary
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