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Margaret Wise Brown

Margaret Wise Brown

Margaret Wise Brown

Margaret Wise Brown's contribution to children's literature is legendary. Her many popular titles include Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny and The Little Fur Family and she was one of the best-selling children's writers of all time.

Give Yourself to the Rain will be released on March 09, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Mar 09, 2012
Give Yourself to the Rain is now available in Trade Paperback
Mar 09, 2012
The Fathers Are Coming Home will be released on April 27, 2010 in Hardcover
Apr 27, 2010
The Fathers Are Coming Home is now available in Hardcover
Apr 27, 2010
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Sheep Don't Count Sheep will be released on March 01, 2003 in Hardcover
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Sheep Don't Count Sheep is now available in Hardcover
Mar 01, 2003
Sailor Boy Jig will be released on May 01, 2002 in Hardcover
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Sailor Boy Jig is now available in Hardcover
May 01, 2002
Give Yourself to the Rain will be released on March 01, 2002 in Hardcover
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Give Yourself to the Rain is now available in Hardcover
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Examiner.com, May 18, 2012
...creatures appearing wild and free as Max’s imagination takes him on a journey. Goodnight Moon — by Margaret Wise Brown. With this bedtime story, saying goodnight has never been more fun than a room full of things to say ‘goodnight’ to. Written in...
Time Out New York Kids, May 18, 2012
...Charlotte's Web by E.B. White Courtesy HarperCollins Children's Books74.bo.top50kidsbooks02.JPG2132153 Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown Courtesy HarperCollins Children's Books74.bo.top50kidsbooks03.JPG2132174 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by...
The Olympian, May 18, 2012
...based on Goodnight Moon, you might be forgiven for wondering how thats possible. The classic bedtime story by Margaret Wise Brown involves a bunny and his bedtime ritual, saying good night to all of the objects around him, including the moon, a mouse and...
Examiner.com, May 17, 2012
...editor Irma Simonton Black, a founding member of the Bank Street Writer's Laboratory, which also included members Margaret Wise Brown and Maurice Sendack. Sendack, who died earlier this month, drew the organization's whimsical logo, which features...
Christian Science Monitor, May 15, 2012
...Sendak, Harper 2. Oh, the Places You'll Go!, by Dr. Seuss, Random House 3. Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper 4. Ladybug Girl and Bingo, by Jacky Davis, David Soman (Illus.), Dial 5. The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?, by Mo...
PublishersWeekly.com, May 11, 2012
...of childrens literature. A few of the previous 50 recipients for this prestigious award are Wanda Gg (1977); Margaret Wise Brown and her editors and illustrators (1984); Madeleine LEngle (1990); and Lois Lowry (2004). Kris Kiesling, director of the...
Summit Daily News, May 11, 2012
...Things Are" by Maurice Sendak, who just passed away Tuesday at the age of 83, "Goodnight Moon" by Margaret Wise Brown, the beautifully illustrated tales of Beatrix Potter, and the wonderfully creative Dr. Seuss stories. Mary Ann Hoberman has created a...
Associated Content, March 16, 2012
...loved for generations. The striking spring flowers are simply gorgeous. The Runaway Bunny This 1942 board book from Margaret Wise Brown, better known for her other classic, Goodnight, Moon, is a sweet story of a little bunny who wants to run away. No...
Time Out New York Kids, March 15, 2012
...Charlotte's Web by E.B. White Courtesy HarperCollins Children's Books74.bo.top50kidsbooks02.JPG2132153 Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown Courtesy HarperCollins Children's Books74.bo.top50kidsbooks03.JPG2132174 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by...
Venturebeat, March 15, 2012
...that the company has original properties in the works. Ishibashi noted that the 1947 book Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown, still sells about 750,000 copies a year. Callaway wants to create original content that lasts for just as long, so parents...
Individual.com, March 14, 2012
...to intervene in the early years." Books recommended by First Lady Jane Beshear are: --"Runaway Bunny" by Margaret Wise Brown (for toddlers) --"Oh the Places You'll Go!" by Dr. Seuss (all ages) --"Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe (ages 16 & up)...
Christian Science Monitor, March 13, 2012
...On It, by Shel Silverstein, Harper 1. The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss, Random House 2. Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper 3. Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet, by Jane O'Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper 4. The...
Kingston This Week, March 12, 2012
...while they stay at Ronald McDonald House. Jonathan’s classmates also made him a personalized book, modelled after Margaret Wise Brown’s The Important Book. Everyone wrote an important thing about Jonathan and illustrated it for the book called, The...
Yakima Herald Republic, March 7, 2012
...spent with your little one is full of smiles and giggles, messes and adventure. * "Goodnight Moon" by Margaret Wise Brown. A classic bedtime book to read to kids of all ages. It's imaginative and stimulates a child's curiosity. In our house, part of our...