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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 Quiet Noisy Book (1950)
When Muffin hears a very quiet noise, he goes in search of the source.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Leonard Weisgard
Read-to-Me Storybook (1947)
An anthology of stories and poems for young children.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Kate Greenaway
Lucy Sprague Mitchell
Miriam Clark Potter
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Red Light, Green Light (1944)
A poem about the starts and stops of modern life.
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Author(s):
Golden MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Leonard Weisgard
Robin’s Room (2002)
Robin wants to redesign the whole house, but settles for his own room.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Lou Fancher
Steve Johnson
The Runaway Bunny (1942)
When the bunny decides to run away, his mother follows him.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Clement Hurd
The Sailor Dog (1953)
Scuppers the dog becomes a sailor.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Seashore Noisy Book (1941)
Muffin explores the sounds of the sea and ends up in the drink.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Leonard Weisgard
Seven Little Postmen (1952)
Seven little postmen speed a young boy’s letter to his grandmother.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Edith Thacher Hurd
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Seven Stories about a Cat Named Sneakers (1955)
Sneakers is a little black cat with four white paws.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Jean Charlot
Sheep Don’t Count Sheep (2003)
A lamb has difficulty falling asleep so he counts …
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Benrei Huang
SHHHhhhh. . . BANG: a whispering book (1943)
The people of Skyscraper Town had whispered for so long they forgot how wonderful noise can be.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Robert de Veyrac
Sleep Little Angel (2012)
A lullaby from the master.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Stephen Gulbis
Sleep Tight, Sleepy Bears (2012)
Another lullaby from the archives.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Julie Clay
Sleepy ABC (1953)
An ABC poem to carry you off to sleep.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Esphyr Slobodkina
Sleepy ABC (2010)
A poetical ABC to send you off to sleep.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Karen Katz
The Sleepy Little Lion (1947)
In-between naps, a lion cub meets a series of pets.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Ylla
The Sleepy Men (1996)
A tale about a Big sleepy man, a Small sleepy man and the Man in the moon.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Robert Rayevsky
Sleepy Time Tales (1964)
An anthology including Tawny Scrawny Lion, Mister Dog and Brave Cowboy Bill.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Gustaf Tenggren
Garth Williams
Sneakers the Seaside Cat (2003)
Sneakers takes a holiday by the sea.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Anne Mortimer