Margaret Wise Brown was born in Brooklyn, NY, and while working as a teacher at the Bank Street Experimental School where she started writing books for children. Margaret was a prolific writer, over a 100 of her stories were published as picture books during her lifetime. She also wrote articles about writing for children, adapted classics, and many of her stories appear in anthologies. On November 13, 1952 at the age of 42 she died from an embolism, following a operation while on vacation in France. Posthumously over 100 stories have been published as picture books, many were previously published as stories in collections and anthologies, some are from unfinished works.
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Goodnight moon
39 editions - first published in 1947 -
The Runaway Bunny
33 editions - first published in 1942 -
The Dead Bird
15 editions - first published in 1958 -
My World: A Companion to Goodnight Moon
12 editions - first published in 1949 -
A child's good night book
12 editions - first published in 1943 -
The golden egg book
12 editions - first published in 1947 -
The color kittens: a child's first book about colors.
11 editions - first published in 1949 -
Nibble nibble: poems for children
10 editions - first published in 1959 -
A Pussycat's Christmas
9 editions - first published in 1949 -
Big Red Barn
9 editions - first published in 1956 -
The Little Fir Tree
9 editions - first published in 1954 -
Little fur family
9 editions - first published in 1946 -
On Christmas Eve
9 editions - first published in 1961 -
Home for a Bunny
9 editions - first published in 1956 -
Two little trains
8 editions - first published in 1949 -
Wait Till the Moon Is Full
8 editions - first published in 1948 -
I Like Stars
7 editions - first published in 1998 -
The Important Book
7 editions - first published in 1949 -
David's Little Indian: a story.
7 editions - first published in 1956 -
Where have you been?
7 editions - first published in 1952 -
The little fireman
6 editions - first published in 1938 -
Another Important Book
6 editions - first published in 1999 -
The Sailor Dog
6 editions - first published in 1953 -
When the wind blew
6 editions - first published in 1937 -
Christmas in the Barn
6 editions - first published in 1952 -
Goodnight Moon 123: A Counting Book
6 editions - first published in 2007 -
The little island
6 editions - first published in 1946 -
Margaret Wise Brown's Wonderful Storybook
6 editions - first published in 1948 -
Noisy book
6 editions - first published in 1939 -
Fox Eyes
5 editions - first published in 1951 -
Little Donkey Close Your Eyes
5 editions - first published in 1995 -
The Little Scarecrow Boy
5 editions - first published in 1998 -
The Little Island
5 editions - first published in 1946 -
The Dream Book
5 editions - first published in 1950 -
Four fur feet
5 editions - first published in 1961 -
Seven stories about a cat named Sneakers: seven stories about a cat
5 editions - first published in 1955 -
The train to Timbuctoo
4 editions - first published in 1951 -
The diggers
4 editions - first published in 1960 -
Indoor noisy book
4 editions - first published in 1942 -
I like bugs
4 editions - first published in 1999 -
Pussy Willow
4 editions - first published in 1951 -
Child's good morning
4 editions - first published in 1952 -
Country noisy book
4 editions - first published in 1940 -
Wheel on the chimney
4 editions - first published in 1954 -
Little chicken
4 editions - first published in 1943 -
Goodnight Moon Board Book and Slippers
3 editions - first published in 1997 -
Big Red Barn Big Book
3 editions - first published in 1989 -
The seashore noisy book
3 editions - first published in 1941 -
Sleepy ABC
3 editions - first published in 1953 -
The noon balloon
3 editions - first published in 1952 -
The little brass band
3 editions - first published in 1955 -
The golden sleepy book
3 editions - first published in 1948 -
The Fierce Yellow Pumpkin
3 editions - first published in 2003 -
Don't Frighten the Lion!
3 editions - first published in 1942 -
Young kangaroo
3 editions - first published in 1955 -
Red light, green light
3 editions - first published in 1944 -
The winter noisy book
3 editions - first published in 1947 -
Graded Assessment in Mathematics (Graded Assessment in Mathematics)
3 editions - first published in 1992 -
The quiet noisy book
3 editions - first published in 1950 -
The little cowboy
3 editions - first published in 1948 -
The summer noisy book
3 editions - first published in 1951 -
Mister Dog: The Dog Who Belonged to Himself
3 editions - first published in 1952 -
A Margaret Wise Brown Gift Set: The Runaway Bunny & Goodnight Moon
2 editions - first published in 2001 -
Goodnight Moon Lap
2 editions - first published in 2007 -
Home for a Bunny
2 editions - first published in 2003 -
El Gran Granero Rojo
2 editions - first published in 2003 -
Little Fur Family
2 editions - first published in 2003 -
Little Fur Family
2 editions - first published in 2005 -
Goodnight Moon Board Book & Baby Socks
2 editions - first published in 2002 -
Goodnight Moon 123/Buenas noches, Luna 123: A Counting Book/Un libro para contar
2 editions - first published in 2007 -
The Golden Sleepy Book (A Golden Classic)
2 editions - first published in 2004 -
Goodnight Moon Board Book & Nightlight
2 editions - first published in 2003 -
The Wonderful House (A Golden Classic)
2 editions - first published in 2003 -
Goodnight Moon, 60th Anniversary Edition
2 editions - first published in 2005 -
John Speirs' Margaret Wise Brown treasury: 14 classic stories and poems.
2 editions - first published in 1994 -
Goodnight Moon Big Book
2 editions - first published in 2007 -
Big & Little
2 editions - first published in 2002 -
Sleepy Little Lion
2 editions - first published in 1976 -
Goodnight Moon- Reading Chest
2 editions - first published in 1984 -
Goodnight Moon Board Book & Bunny
2 editions - first published in 2005 -
Over the Moon: A Collection of First Books: Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny, and My World
2 editions - first published in 2006 -
The Little Island
2 editions - first published in 1946 -
Seven Little Postmen
2 editions - first published in 1952 -
Bumble bugs and elephants: a big and little book
2 editions - first published in 1938 -
My world of color
2 editions - first published in 2002 -
Brer Rabbit
2 editions - first published in 1941 -
The friendly book
2 editions - first published in 1954 -
Baby animals
2 editions - first published in 1941 -
The fish with the deep sea smile: stories and poems for reading to young children
2 editions - first published in 1938 -
Bunny's noisy book
2 editions - first published in 2000 -
The whispering rabbit
2 editions - first published in 1965 -
Willie's Adventures: three stories
2 editions - first published in 1954 -
Shhhhhh Bang: A Whispering Book
2 editions - first published in 1943 -
Wonderful story book
2 editions - first published in 1948 -
The wonderful house
2 editions - first published in 1950 -
The Little Island
2 editions - first published in 1993 -
Goodnight Moon Room: A Pop-Up Book
2 editions - first published in 1984 -
Big Red Barn (rpkg)
2 editions - first published in 1989 -
Once upon a time in a pigpen and three other stories
2 editions - first published in 1980 -
Goodnight Moon Book and CD (Share a Story)
2 editions - first published in 2006
Margaret Wise Brown
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- VIAF: 39374476
- Wikidata: Q5970117
- Fan Website
Alternative names
- Golden MacDonald
- Juniper Sage
- Timothy Hay
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