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Margaret Wise Brown
(1910 - 1952)
Margaret Wise Brown was a prolific American writer of children’s books, including the picture books Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny, both illustrated by Clement Hurd.
Margaret wrote under the pseudonyms of Juniper Sage, Timothy Hay, and Golden MacDonald
Bibliography
Black and White (1944)
Once there was a Welshman, who liked everything black, until one day in a dream a wonderful snowman arrived.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Charles G. Shaw
Brer Rabbit: Stories from Uncle Remus (1941)
Twenty-four famous tales of Br’er Rabbit, his friends and his enemies.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Joel Chandler Harris
Illustrator(s):
Victor Dowling
A. B. Frost
Bumble Bugs and Elephants (2006)
A simple book about big and little. This edition has new illustrations by the original illlustrator's son. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Thacher Hurd
Bumble Bugs and Elephants: A Big and Little Book (1938)
A book to be read from the pictures. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Clement Hurd
Bunny’s Noisy Book (2000)
A baby bunny hears the sounds of his world.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Lisa McCue
A Celebration of the Seasons: Goodnight Songs (2015)
A collection of twelve songs illustrated by different artists.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Various
A Child Is Born (2000)
A poetic description of the Nativity.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Floyd Cooper
The Children’s Year (1937)
Verses and pictures of year-round activities.
A Child’s Good Morning (1952)
A celebration of getting up in the morning.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Jean Charlot
A Child’s Good Morning Book (2009)
A celebration of getting up in the morning.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Karen Katz
A Child’s Good Night Book (1943)
A first going to bed book.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Jean Charlot
A Child’s Good Night Book (1950)
A first going to bed book. This second edition was in a larger format.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Jean Charlot
A Child’s Good Night Book and A Child’s Good Morning (1955)
An omnibus including a good night book and a good morning book.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Jean Charlot
Christmas in the Barn (1952)
A poetic evocation of Christmas, set in a twentieth-century farm.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Barbara Cooney
Christmas in the Barn (2004)
A poetic retelling of the Nativity set in a twentieth-century barn.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Diane Goode
Christmas in the Barn (2016)
A poetic retelling of the Nativity set in a twentieth-century barn.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Anna Dewdney
Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 1 (1962)
This collection includes nursery rhymes, folk tales, favorite poems and nearly two dozen pictures books in somewhat condensed form.
The Color Kittens (1949)
The kittens are trying to make green paint, but keep ending up with pink, orange and purple.
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Another copy is at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Alice Provensen
Martin Provensen
The comical tragedy or tragical comedy of Punch & Judy (1940)
A selection from the traditional British commedia dell’arte.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
John Payne Collier
Illustrator(s):
Leonard Weisgard
Count to 10 with a Mouse (2011)
A simple counting book.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Kirsten Richards