Margaret Wise Brown

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born

May 23, 1910 in Pomfret, Connecticut, The United States

died

November 13, 1952

gender

female

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Children's Books

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Margaret Wise Brown wrote hundreds of books and stories during her life, but she is best known for Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny. Even though she died nearly 60 years ago, her books still sell very well.

Margaret loved animals. Most of her books have animals as characters in the story. She liked to write books that had a rhythm to them. Sometimes she would put a hard word into the story or poem. She thought this made children think harder when they are reading.

She wrote all the time. There are many scraps of paper where she quickly wrote down a story idea or a poem. She said she dreamed stories and then had to write them down in the morning before she forgot them.

She tried to write the way children wanted to hear a story, which often isn'...more

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Average rating: 4.20 · 101,762 ratings · 3,514 reviews · 145 distinct works

	Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd 4.24 avg rating — 79,254 ratings — published 1947 — 53 editions	My rating:
	The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illustrator) 4.10 avg rating — 14,918 ratings — published 1942 — 36 editions	My rating:
	Big Red Barn Board Book by Margaret Wise Brown, Felicia Bond (Illustrator) 4.12 avg rating — 2,125 ratings — published 1985 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Color Kittens (Little Golden Book) by Margaret Wise Brown, Alice Provensen (Illustrator), Martin Provensen (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 524 ratings — published 1949 — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown, Leonard Weisgard (Illustrator) 4.04 avg rating — 398 ratings — published 1949 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Home for a Bunny 4.06 avg rating — 391 ratings — published 1956 — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Sailor Dog (A Little Golden Book) 4.08 avg rating — 320 ratings — published 1953 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Little Island by Margaret Wise Brown, Leonard Weisgard (Illustrator) 3.46 avg rating — 397 ratings — published 1946 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Little Fur Family Deluxe Edition by Margaret Wise Brown, Garth Williams (Illustrator) 4.26 avg rating — 275 ratings — published 1946 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Golden Egg Book by Margaret Wise Brown, Leonard Weisgard 4.06 avg rating — 243 ratings — published 1962 — 13 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Margaret Wise Brown

“Goodnight stars, goodnight air, goodnight noises everywhere.”
― Margaret Wise Brown, Goodnight Moon

74 people liked it

“I like dogs
Big dogs
Little dogs
Fat dogs
Doggy dogs
Old dogs
Puppy dogs
I like dogs
A dog that is barking over the hill
A dog that is dreaming very still
A dog that is running wherever he will
I like dogs.”
― Margaret Wise Brown, The Friendly Book

tags: children , dogs , puppies , puppy

20 people liked it

“Once there was a little bunny who wanted to run away. So he said to his mother, "I am running away".
"If you run away", said his mother, "I will run after you. For you are my little bunny".”
― Margaret Wise Brown

16 people liked it

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