Margaret Wise Brown





Margaret Wise Brown

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

died
November 13, 1952

gender
female

genre


About this author

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


Average rating: 4.21 · 170,113 ratings · 4,586 reviews · 140 distinct works · Similar authors
Goodnight Moon
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4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 131,173 ratings — published 1947 — 65 editions
The Runaway Bunny
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4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 26,479 ratings — published 1942 — 43 editions
Big Red Barn
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4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 4,253 ratings — published 1985 — 13 editions
Home for a Bunny
4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 781 ratings — published 1956 — 11 editions
The Color Kittens
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4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 760 ratings — published 1949 — 12 editions
The Important Book
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 610 ratings — published 1949 — 7 editions
The Sailor Dog
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 596 ratings — published 1953 — 7 editions
The Little Island
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3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 660 ratings — published 1946 — 22 editions
Mister Dog:  The Dog Who Be...
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4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 310 ratings — published 1952
The Golden Egg Book
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 338 ratings — published 1947 — 14 editions
More books by Margaret Wise Brown…
“Goodnight stars, goodnight air, goodnight noises everywhere.”
Margaret Wise Brown, Goodnight Moon

“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

“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

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