Margaret Wise Brown, Children's Book Author

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BIBLIOGRAPHY	BOOKLIST	MISTER DOG	ABOUT MWB	ARTICLES	ANTHOLOGIES	ILLUSTRATORS	LINKS
		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
		Marcus, Leonard S., Clement Hurd (Illustrator)The Making of Goodnight Moon A 50th Anniversary Retrospective , New York: HarperCollins Children's Books, January 1997. Goodnight Moon: A 50th Anniversary Retrospective, Brown, Margaret Wise and Marcus, Leonard S., New York: Harper Collins, 1997.
		Brown, Margaret Wise, Joan W. Blos (Editor) The Days Before Now: An Autobiographical Note illustrated by Thomas B. Allen, Simon & Schuster, 1994.
		Greene, Carol Margaret Wise Brown : Author of Goodnight Moon, illustrated by Steven Dobson,Children's Press: 1993.
		Written for children, this is a great introduction to MWB. Rylant, Cynthia.Margaret, Frank, and Andy: Three Writers' Stories, New York: Harcourt Brace, 1996 Edited by Anita Silvey Children's Books and Their Creators Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 95-97. The entry entitled "Margaret Wise Brown," is written by Leonard S. Marcus.
		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.