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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
The Country Noisy Book (1940)
Muffin vacations in the country and hears many new sounds.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Leonard Weisgard
The Dark Wood of the Golden Birds (1950)
A mystical story for adults.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Leonard Weisgard
David’s Little Indian, a Story (1956)
Deep in the woods David finds an Indian, no bigger than an ear of corn.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Remy Charlip
The Days Before Now (1994)
Margaret Wise Brown’s own account of her childhood in New York and Long Island.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Thomas B. Allen
The Dead Bird (1958)
A group of children bury a dead bird in the forest.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Remy Charlip
The Dead Bird (2016)
A group of children bury a dead bird in the forest.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Christian Robinson
The Diggers (1960)
Verses on the diggers of holes from moles to Mary Anne.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Clement Hurd
The Diggers (1988)
The diggers of holes from moles to Mary Ann.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Daniel Kirk
The Diggers (2013)
A poetical look at diggers from moles to Mary Anne.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Antoine Corbineau
The Dirty Little Boy (2001)
The little boy tries to clean himself the way the animals do and only gets dirtier.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Steven Salerno
Doctor Squash, The Doll Doctor (1952)
Dr. Squash fixes the dolls when they are sick, and when he falls ill they rally around.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
J. P. Miller
Doctor Squash, The Doll Doctor (2010)
Dr. Squash takes care of the dolls when they are sick and when he falls ill they rally around.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
David Hitch
Don’t Frighten the Lion! (1942)
When a dog visits the zoo he has to go in disguise. Some editions include a paper doll dog.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
H. A. Rey
The Dream Book: First Comes the Dream (1950)
Children and animals dream their dreams.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Richard Floethe
The Duck (1953)
The duck tries life in the zoo, but decides the seaside is the place for him.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Ylla
The Fables of La Fontaine (1940)
A selection from the famous French fabulist.
Author(s):
Jean de La Fontaine
Illustrator(s):
André Hellé
Farm and City (1944)
An elementary school reader.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Lucy Sprague Mitchell
Illustrator(s):
Anne Fleur
The Fathers are Coming Home (2010)
As night falls fathers make their way home.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Stephen Savage
The Fierce Yellow Pumpkin (2003)
The little pumpkin wants to grow up to scare the mice out of the farmer’s field.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Richard Egielski
The Find it Book (2015)
Favorite nursery characters are hiding in the pictures.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Lisa Sheehan