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Margaret Wise Brown

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Margaret Wise Brown (May 23, 1910 – November 13, 1952) was an American writer of children's books, including Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny, both illustrated by Clement Hurd. [1]

76 relations: Alice and Martin Provensen, Americans, Appendicitis, Bank Street College of Education, Beagling, Benjamin Gratz Brown, Bill Ballantine (illustrator), Boarding school, Brillantmont International School, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum, Caldecott Medal, Canterbury, Connecticut, Caps for Sale, Charles Green Shaw, Children's literature, Chris Raschka, Clement Hurd, Connecticut, Dahlov Ipcar, Dana Hall School, Doubleday (publisher), Edith Thacher Hurd, Embolism, Ernest Hemingway, Esphyr Slobodkina, Felicia Bond, France, Garth Williams, Geoffrey Hayes (artist), Gertrude Stein, Goodnight Moon, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, H. A. Rey, Harper (publisher), HarperCollins, Harvill Secker, Hollins University, India, Jean Charlot, John Barrymore, John Steinbeck, Joshua Prager (writer), Kew-Forest School, Lausanne, Leonard S. Marcus, Leonard Weisgard, Little Fur Family, Little Golden Books, McCain Library and Archives, ..., Michael Strange, My World (book), New York (state), Nice, Pantheon Books, Parragon, Pen name, Preston Schoyer, Richard Egielski, Richard Scarry, Roanoke, Virginia, Seattle, Sterling Publishing, Switzerland, The Color Kittens, The Important Book, The Little Island (book), The Runaway Bunny, The Sailor Dog (book), The Wall Street Journal, Timothy-grass, Vinalhaven, Maine, W. R. Scott, Washington (state), Wellesley, Massachusetts, Ylla. Expand index (26 more) »

Alice and Martin Provensen

Alice Rose Provensen (neé Twitchell; August 14, 1918 – April 23, 2018) and Martin Provensen (July 10, 1916 – March 27, 1987) were an American couple who illustrated more than 40 children's books together, 19 of which they also wrote and edited.

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Americans

Americans are citizens of the United States of America.

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Appendicitis

Appendicitis is inflammation of the appendix.

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Bank Street College of Education

Bank Street College of Education is a private, nonprofit educational institution located in Manhattan, New York City.

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Beagling

Beagling is the hunting mainly of hares, but also rabbits, but definitely not foxes by beagles by scent.

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Benjamin Gratz Brown

Benjamin Gratz Brown (May 28, 1826December 13, 1885) was an American politician.

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Bill Ballantine (illustrator)

Bill Ballantine (1910–1999) was a writer and illustrator of circus subjects, as well as a professional clown.

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Boarding school

A boarding school provides education for pupils who live on the premises, as opposed to a day school.

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Brillantmont International School

Brillantmont International School is a coeducational international school.

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous borough of New York City, with a census-estimated 2,648,771 residents in 2017.

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Brooklyn Museum

The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Caldecott Medal

The Randolph Caldecott Medal annually recognizes the preceding year's "most distinguished American picture book for children", beginning with 1937 publications.

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Canterbury, Connecticut

Canterbury is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States.

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Caps for Sale

Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business is a children's picture book, written and illustrated by Esphyr Slobodkina and published by W. R. Scott in 1940.

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Charles Green Shaw

Charles Green Shaw (1 May 1892 – 2 April 1974) was an American painter and writer.

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Children's literature

Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are enjoyed by children.

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Chris Raschka

Chris Raschka (born March 6, 1959) is an American illustrator, writer, and violist.

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Clement Hurd

Clement G. Hurd (January 12, 1908 – February 5, 1988) was an American artist.

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Connecticut

Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Dahlov Ipcar

Dahlov Ipcar (née Zorach; November 12, 1917 – February 10, 2017) was an American painter, illustrator and author.

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Dana Hall School

Dana Hall School is an independent boarding and day school for girls in grades 5-12 located in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

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Doubleday (publisher)

Doubleday is an American publishing company founded as Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897 that by 1947 was the largest in the United States.

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Edith Thacher Hurd

Edith Thacher Hurd (September 14, 1910 – January 25, 1997) was an American writer of children's books.

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Embolism

An embolism is the lodging of an embolus, a blockage-causing piece of material, inside a blood vessel.

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Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist.

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Esphyr Slobodkina

Esphyr Slobodkina (September 22, 1908 – July 21, 2002) was a popular artist, author, and illustrator, best known for her classic children's picture book Caps for Sale.

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Felicia Bond

Felicia Bond (born July 18, 1954 in Yokohama, Japan) is an American writer and illustrator of numerous books for children.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Garth Williams

Garth Montgomery Williams (April 16, 1912 – May 8, 1996) was an American artist who came to prominence in the American postwar era as an illustrator of children's books.

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Geoffrey Hayes (artist)

Geoffrey L. Hayes (1947–2017) was an American children's book illustrator and cartoonist.

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Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector.

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Goodnight Moon

Goodnight Moon is an American children's novel written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd.

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Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Greenpoint is the northernmost neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, in the U.S. state of New York.

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H. A. Rey

Hans Augusto Rey (September 16, 1898 – August 26, 1977) was a German-born American illustrator and author, known best for the Curious George series of children's picture books that he and his wife Margret Rey created from 1939 to 1966.

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Harper (publisher)

Harper is an American publishing house, currently the flagship imprint of global publisher HarperCollins.

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HarperCollins

HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C. is one of the world's largest publishing companies and is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Hachette, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, and Simon & Schuster.

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Harvill Secker

Harvill Secker is a British publishing company formed in 2005 from the merger of Secker & Warburg and the Harvill Press.

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Hollins University

Hollins University is a private university in Hollins, Virginia.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Jean Charlot

Louis Henri Jean Charlot (February 8, 1898 – March 20, 1979) was a French and naturalized American painter and illustrator, active mainly in Mexico and the United States.

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John Barrymore

John Barrymore (born John Sidney Blyth; February 14 or 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) was an American actor on stage, screen and radio.

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John Steinbeck

John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. --> (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American author.

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Joshua Prager (writer)

Joshua Harris Prager (born 1971) is an American journalist and author.

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Kew-Forest School

The Kew-Forest School is an independent, co-ed, college preparatory school for students in grades Pre-Kindergarten-Grade 12.

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Lausanne

Lausanne (Lausanne Losanna, Losanna) is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and the capital and biggest city of the canton of Vaud.

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Leonard S. Marcus

Leonard S. Marcus (born December 11, 1950) is an author and expert on English language children's literature.

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Leonard Weisgard

Leonard Joseph Weisgard (December 13, 1916 – January 14, 2000) was an American writer and illustrator of more than 200 children's books.

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Little Fur Family

Little Fur Family is a 1946 picture book written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Garth Williams.

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Little Golden Books

Little Golden Books is a popular series of children's books.

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McCain Library and Archives

The McCain Library and Archives is the chief reserve library for The University of Southern Mississippi.

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Michael Strange

Blanche Marie Louise Oelrichs (October 1, 1890 – November 5, 1950) was an American poet, playwright and theatre actress.

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My World (book)

My World is an American children's picture book written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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Nice

Nice (Niçard Niça, classical norm, or Nissa, nonstandard,; Nizza; Νίκαια; Nicaea) is the fifth most populous city in France and the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes département.

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Pantheon Books

Pantheon Books is an American book publishing imprint with editorial independence.

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Parragon

Parragon Books Ltd, a United Kingdom publishing company, was formed in 1988 by friends Guy Parr and Paul Anderson.

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Pen name

A pen name (nom de plume, or literary double) is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their "real" name.

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Preston Schoyer

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Richard Egielski

Richard Egielski (born July 16, 1952 in New York City) is an American illustrator and writer, best known for illustrating children's picture books.

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Richard Scarry

Richard McClure Scarry (June 5, 1919 – April 30, 1994) was an American children's author and illustrator who published over 300 books with total sales of over 100 million worldwide.

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Roanoke, Virginia

Roanoke is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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Seattle

Seattle is a seaport city on the west coast of the United States.

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Sterling Publishing

Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. is a publisher of a broad range of subject areas, with multiple imprints and more than 5,000 titles in print.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.

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The Color Kittens

The Color Kittens is a children's book by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen published as part of the Little Golden Books series in 1949.

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The Important Book

The Important Book is a 1949 children's picture book written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Leonard Weisgard.

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The Little Island (book)

The Little Island is a book by Margaret Wise Brown under the pseudonym Golden MacDonald and illustrated by Leonard Weisgard.

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The Runaway Bunny

The Runaway Bunny is a 1942 picture book written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd.

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The Sailor Dog (book)

Scuppers The Sailor Dog (or simply The Sailor Dog) is a children's book written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Garth Williams.

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The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal is a U.S. business-focused, English-language international daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Timothy-grass

Timothy-grass (Phleum pratense) is an abundant perennial grass native to most of Europe except for the Mediterranean region.

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Vinalhaven, Maine

Vinalhaven is a town located on the larger of the two Fox Islands in Knox County, Maine, United States.

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W. R. Scott

W.

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Washington (state)

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Wellesley, Massachusetts

Wellesley is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Ylla

Ylla (born Camilla Koffler; 16 August 1911 – 30 March 1955), was a Hungarian photographer who specialized in animal photography.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Wise_Brown

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