She then moved to New York City where she got a job teaching students at Bank Street School.īut writing was something she always wanted to do and in no time at all she started penning children’s fiction. Over her long career, she was known for producing fresh and innovative works that would make her a driving force behind what was the revolution in children’s fiction not only as an editor, but also as an author.īrown graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the Virginia based Hollins college in 1932. She also left behind troves of unpublished collections and picture books that were unearthed following her death. She would later on become one of the most prolific authors in children’s fiction with more than 100 titles to her name at the time of her death.
Growing up, her parents did not have a great marriage and she spent much of her childhood in boarding school in Europe.ĭespite the many struggles her parents had, Margaret never let it get to her as she spent much of her time outdoors, given that she was a very adventurous and imaginative child. She was the child of Robert Bruce Brown and Maude Margaret who were very well off. The author was born and brought up in Brooklyn, in the small suburb of Greenpoint. She is best known as the author of the 1942 published “The Runaway Bunny” and the 1947 published “Goodnight Moon.” Margaret Wise Brown was one of the most prolific children’s fiction authors and editor of childrens works. Scott's Bumble Bugs and Elephants, considered "perhaps the first modern board book for babies." (Brown and Hurd later teamed on the children's book classics The Runaway Bunny and Goodnight Moon, published by Harper. Stein's book The World is Round, was illustrated by Clement Hurd, who had previously teamed with Brown on W. Ernest Hemingway and John Steinbeck neglected to respond, but Brown's hero Gertrude Stein accepted the offer. As editor at Scott, one of Brown's first projects was to recruit contemporary authors to write children's books for the company. Brown went on to develop her Here and Now stories, and later the Noisy Book series while employed as an editor at W.
The pages turn." "Brown's first published children's book was When the Wind Blew, published in 1937 by Harper & Brothers. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. Color Illustrations Originally published in 1949, the copyright was renewed in 1977 - this 2001 edition includes an updated color palette. Title: My World (a Companion to Goodnight Moon)ĭescription: New york: Harper Collins, 2001.
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