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Marcia Brown

Marcia Joan Brown (July 13, 1918 – April 28, 2015) was an American writer and illustrator of more than 30 children's books. She has won three annual Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association, and six Caldecott Medal honors as an illustrator, recognizing the year's best U.S. picture book illustration, and the ALA's Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal in 1992 for her career contribution to children's literature. Many of her titles have been published in translation, including Afrikaans, German, Japanese, Spanish and Xhosa-Bantu editions. Brown is known as one of the most honored illustrators in children's literature.

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Born 13 July 1918
Died 28 April 2015

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  • Cover of: Sopa de piedras

    Cover of edition stonesoupoldtale00brow Cover of edition stonesoupoldtale00brow_0 First published in 1947 — 37 editions
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    First published in 1956 — 6 editions
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    First published in 1977 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Anansi, the spider man: Jamaican folk tales

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    First published in 1979 — 1 edition
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Born 13 July 1918
Died 28 April 2015

Subjects

Folklore, Children's fiction, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Juvenile literature, Animals, Caldecott Medal, award:Caldecott_award, Nature, lexile_code:AD, Cats, Legends, Mice, Poetry, age:max:8, collectionID:caldecotthonor50, grade:max:3, grade:min:Preschool, 1962, Adventure and adventurers, Africans, Alphabet, American poetry, Animals, fiction, Arabs

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India, Africa, Arabian Peninsula, England, France, Francia, Great Britain, Jamaica, Russia, United States, Venice (Italy)

People

Marcia Brown, Richard Whittington (-1423), Richard Whittington (d. 1423), soldier

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December 26, 2021 Edited by tmanarl bio
December 26, 2021 Edited by tmanarl Added new photo
December 26, 2021 Edited by tmanarl merge authors
September 6, 2008 Edited by RenameBot fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import