Margaret Wise Brown

Born

in Pomfret, Connecticut, The United States

May 23, 1910

Died

November 13, 1952

Genre

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 The 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 ...more

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Margaret Wise Brown’s books

Average rating: 4.22 · 411,779 ratings · 11,043 reviews · 272 distinct works • Similar authors

	Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illustrator) 4.28 avg rating — 298,964 ratings — published 1947 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illustrator) 4.09 avg rating — 66,178 ratings — published 1942 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown, Felicia Bond (Illustrator) 4.18 avg rating — 11,614 ratings — published 1956 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Home for a Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown, Garth Williams (Illustrator) 4.24 avg rating — 2,806 ratings — published 1956 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Color Kittens by Margaret Wise Brown, Alice Provensen (Illustrator), Martin Provensen (Illustrator) 4.25 avg rating — 2,366 ratings — published 1949 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown, Leonard Weisgard (Illustrator) 4.11 avg rating — 2,270 ratings — published 1949 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Little Island by Margaret Wise Brown, Leonard Weisgard (Illustrator), Golden MacDonald (Author Pseudonym) 3.77 avg rating — 2,609 ratings — published 1946 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sailor Dog by Margaret Wise Brown, Garth Williams (Illustrator) 4.16 avg rating — 1,637 ratings — published 1953 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Golden Egg Book by Margaret Wise Brown, Leonard Weisgard (Illustrator) 4.09 avg rating — 1,329 ratings — published 1947 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mister Dog: The Dog Who Belonged to Himself by Margaret Wise Brown, Garth Williams (Illustrator) 4.12 avg rating — 1,028 ratings — published 1952 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Margaret Wise Brown

Over the Moon (3 books)
by

Margaret Wise Brown,

Clement Hurd (Illustrator)

4.24 avg rating — 365,965 ratings

Noisy Books (8 books)
by

Margaret Wise Brown,

Leonard Weisgard (Illustrator)

3.80 avg rating — 865 ratings

Quotes by Margaret Wise Brown

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

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“Quietness is an essential part of all awareness. In quiet times and sleepy times, a child can dwell in thoughts of his own, and in songs and stories of his own.”
― Margaret Wise Brown

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“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

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