Margaret Wise Brown
| Margaret Wise Brown | |
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| Born | May 23, 1910 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Died |
November 13, 1952 (aged 42) Nice, France |
| Pen name | Timothy Hay Golden MacDonald Juniper Sage (with Edith Thacher Hurd) |
| Occupation | Writer, editor |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Dana Hall School, 1928 |
| Alma mater | Hollins College, 1932 |
| Genre | Children's literature |
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| Partner |
Blanche Oelrichs James Stillman 'Pebble' Rockefeller Jr. |
Margaret Wise Brown (May 23, 1910 – November 13, 1952) was an American writer of children's books, including the picture books Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny, both illustrated by Clement Hurd.
The middle child of three whose parents suffered from an unhappy marriage, Brown was born in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, granddaughter of Benjamin Gratz Brown. In 1923 she attended Chateau Brilliantmont boarding school in Lausanne, Switzerland, while her parents were living in India and Canterbury, Connecticut. In 1925 she attended The Kew-Forest School. She began attending Dana Hall School in Wellesley, Massachusetts, in 1926, where she did well in athletics. After graduation in 1928, Brown went on to Hollins College in Roanoke, Virginia.
Brown was a lifelong avid beagler and was noted for her ability to keep pace, on foot, with the hounds.
Following her graduation with a B.A. in English from Hollins in 1932 Brown worked as a teacher and also studied art. While working at the Bank Street Experimental School in New York City she started writing books for children. Bank Street promoted a new approach to children's education and literature, emphasizing the real world and the "here and now." This philosophy influenced Brown's work; she was also inspired by the poet Gertrude Stein, whose literary style influenced Brown's own writing.
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