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Margaret Wise Brown

May 23, 1910 - November 13, 1952

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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  • Cover of: Goodnight Moon/Buenas Noches, Luna: Bilingual Spanish-English

    First published in 1947 125 editions in 10 languages — 17 previewable Cover of edition oyasuminasaiotsu0000brow Cover of edition buenasnochesluna00brow_0 Cover of edition goodnightmoon1975brow Cover of edition buenasnochesluna00brow Cover of edition goodnightmoon0000brow Cover of edition goodnightmoon00brow Cover of edition buenasnochesluna00marg Cover of edition goodnightmoon00brow_1 Cover of edition goodnightmoon1991brow
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  • Cover of: The runaway bunny

    First published in 1942 72 editions in 5 languages — 14 previewable Cover of edition bokunigechauyo0000brow Cover of edition taojiaxiaotu0000brow Cover of edition jevaismesauver0000brow Cover of edition runawaybunnyboar00brow Cover of edition elconejitoandari0000brow Cover of edition isbn_0590996347 Cover of edition isbn_0439184630 Cover of edition runawaybunny1972brow Cover of edition runawaybunny0000brow
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  • Cover of: The little island

    First published in 1946 23 editions in 3 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition littleisland00marg_0 Cover of edition isbn_9780385908726
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  • Cover of: Big red barn

    First published in 1956 22 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition bigredbarn00brow Cover of edition bigredbarn0000brow_d4f6 Cover of edition bigredbarn1995brow
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  • Cover of: The golden egg book

    First published in 1947 19 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition goldeneggbook00brow Cover of edition goldeneggbook00brow_0 Cover of edition margaretwisebrow0000brow
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  • Cover of: The dead bird.

    First published in 1958 18 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition deadbird00brow Cover of edition deadbird00marg Cover of edition deadbird0000brow
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  • Cover of: Home for a bunny

    First published in 1956 18 editions in 3 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition einkaninchenzuha0000brow Cover of edition homeforbunny00marg Cover of edition homeforbunny0000brow
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  • Cover of: My world

    First published in 1949 17 editions in 3 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition isbn_9780066238418 Cover of edition myworld00brow Cover of edition myworld0000jean Cover of edition myworldbrow00brow
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  • Cover of: A pussycat's Christmas

    First published in 1949 16 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition pussycatschristm00brow Cover of edition pussycatschristm0000brow
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  • Cover of: Goodnight Moon 123: A Counting Book

    First published in 2007 16 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition goodnightmoon1230000brow_d2y1
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  • Cover of: Little fur family

    First published in 1946 16 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition littlefurfamilyb00mar_hfb Cover of edition littlefurfamily00brow
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  • Cover of: A Child's Good Night Book

    First published in 1943 13 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition childsgoodnight000brow Cover of edition margaretwisebrow0000brow_l8t6
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  • Cover of: The diggers

    First published in 1960 13 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition losexcavadores0000brow Cover of edition diggers0000brow Cover of edition diggers0000brow_r0z0
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  • Cover of: Margaret Wise Brown's the Color Kittens

    First published in 1949 13 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition colorkittens00brow Cover of edition colorkittens00brow_0
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  • Cover of: The fish with the deep sea smile

    First published in 1938 13 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition fishwithdeepseas0000marg Cover of edition fishwithdeepse00brow Cover of edition isbn_9785000188439
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  • Cover of: On Christmas Eve

    First published in 1938 12 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition onchristmaseve00brow
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  • Cover of: Two little trains

    First published in 1949 12 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition twolittletrains18brow Cover of edition twolittletrains00brow
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  • Cover of: The Sailor Dog

    First published in 1953 11 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: I like stars

    First published in 1998 11 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition ilikestars00brow
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  • Cover of: Nibble nibble: poems for children

    First published in 1959 11 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition nibblenibblereil00marg
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Subjects
Children's fiction, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Stories in rhyme, Animals, Picture books, Poetry, Animals, fiction, Children's poetry, American, Children's stories, American, Bedtime, Dogs, Rabbits, Rabbits, fiction, American poetry, Juvenile poetry, Picture books for children, Short stories, Bedtime, fiction, Cats, Children's poetry, Dogs, fiction, Sleep, Sound, Sound, fiction
Places
Moon, Canada, Great Britain, Massachusetts, United States
People
Jesus Christ, Margaret Wise Brown (1910-1952), William Bradford (1590-1657)
Time
1998, 21st century, New Plymouth, 1620-1691, contemporary

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  • OLID: OL22122A

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Alternative names

  • Golden MacDonald
  • Juniper Sage
  • Timothy Hay

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March 1, 2024 Edited by Juushika reordered artist bio for clearer chronology
December 29, 2023 Edited by bitnapper Edited without comment.
December 29, 2023 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
April 3, 2022 Edited by JeneeWhitney Edited without comment.
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import