Marcus, Leonard S Margaret Wise Brown: Awakened by the Moon The definitive biography and source of information about Margaret Wise Brown and her work. New York: Quill/Morrow, 1999.

A complete biography of MWB, insightful and a real page turner. If you are at all curious about this fascinating woman, then this is the book to read. Mr. Marcus is a fine writer and had access to documents, friends and family of MWBs, making this a wonderful and enlightening read.

Paperback - 336 pages 1 Ed edition (October 1999) Quill; ISBN: 0688171885

Brown, Margaret Wise, Joan W. Blos (Editor)

The Days Before Now: An Autobiographical Note

illustrated by Thomas B. Allen, Simon & Schuster, 1994.

Title: The days before now : an autobiographical note / by Margaret Wise Brown ; adapted by John W. Blos ; illustrated by Thomas B. Allen.

Published: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1994. Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill ; 27 cm. LC Call No.: PS3503.R82184Z59 1994 Dewey No.: 813/.52 B 20 ISBN: 0671796283 : $15.00 ($19.50 Can.)

Notes: The celebrated children's book writer describes the scenes of her childhood, in New York City and on Long Island, and how she lived as an adult. Subjects: Brown, Margaret Wise, 1910-1952 -- Juvenile literature. Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Brown, Margaret Wise, 1910-1952. Authors, American. Other authors: Brown, Margaret Wise, 1910-1952. Allen, Thomas B. (Thomas Burt), 1928- ill.

Greene, Carol:

Margaret Wise Brown : Author of Goodnight Moon,

Personal Name: Wheeler, Jill C., 1964-

Main Title: Margaret Wise Brown / Jill C. Wheeler.

Published/Created: Edina, Minn. : ABDO Pub. Co., c2007.

Description: 24 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.

ISBN: 1596797622

Contents: A happy accident -- Margaret in the middle -- A made-up
world -- Studying in Switzerland -- Hollins College --
An experiment in education -- Better books for children
-- Saying goodnight -- Final chapter.

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Brown, Margaret Wise, 1910-1952 --Juvenile literature.
Authors, American--20th century--Biography--Juvenile
literature.

Series: Checkerboard biography library
Children's authors

LC Classification: PS3503.R82184 Z96 2007

Dewey Class No.: 813/.52B 22

Children's Books and their Creators

BY Anita Silvey, Editor

Houghton Miffln & Co. 1995, ISBN 0395653800

800 pages

From B.T. Dittberner: A must for any one that loves Children's Picture Books Arranged like an encyclopedia, this large book contains over 800 entries.

From Amazon.com: An invaluable reference volume for anyone interested children's literature -- especially parents! More than 800 entries on the best-loved children's authors and illustrators, overviews of genres, and discussion of the history of and social issues pertaining to children's literature. Includes contributions by more than 200 writers, illustrators, and critics, as well as carefully selected reading lists arranged by category.

Collected and edited by Marcus, Leonard S. :Dear Genius:The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom

New York: Harper Collins, 1998.

Ursula Nordstrom was the Director of Harpers Dept. of Books for Boys & Girls from 1940 to 1973. Her correspondence with Children's Book Authors and illustrators are collected here. Among them many to MWB.