Margaret Wise Brown
Margaret Wise Brown
Margaret Wise Brownwas a prolific American writer of children's books, including the picture books Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny, both illustrated by Clement Hurd...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth23 May 1910
CountryUnited States of America
creativity two creation
there seem to be times of reception and times of creation and it is perhaps difficult not to confuse the two.
summer rain winter
nights and days came and passed and summer and winter and the sun and the wind and the rain. and it was good to be a little island a part of the world and a world of its own all surrounded by the bright blue sea.
spring shining bird
When the groundhog casts his shadow And the small birds sing And the pussywillows happen And the sun shines warm And when the peepers peep Then it is Spring
running mother bunnies
Once there was a little bunny who wanted to run away. So he said to his mother, "I am running away". "If you run away", said his mother, "I will run after you. For you are my little bunny".
running dream dog
I like dogs Big dogs Little dogs Fat dogs Doggy dogs Old dogs Puppy dogs I like dogs A dog that is barking over the hill A dog that is dreaming very still A dog that is running wherever he will I like dogs.
children book writing
I don't think I'm essentially interested in children's books. I'm interested in writing, and in pictures. I'm interested in people and in children because they are people.
cat moon jumping
In the great green room, there was a telephone And a red balloon And a picture of a cat jumping over the moon...
Goodnight nobody, goodnight mush
littles get-away
I won't let anybody get away with anything just because he is little.
children book writing
I wish I didn't have ever to sign my long name on the cover of a book, and I wish I could write a story that would seem absolutely true to the child who hears it and to myself.
beautiful simplicity way
There is a loving way with words and an unloving way. And it is only with the loving way that the simplicity of language becomes beautiful.
song children stories
Quietness is an essential part of all awareness. In quiet times and sleepy times, a child can dwell in thoughts of his own, and in songs and stories of his own.
dream children stories
A child's own story is a dream, but a good story is a dream that is true for more than one child.
looks
Everything that anyone would ever look for is usually where they find it.