The Important Thing about Margaret Wise Brown
Mac Barnett
This picture-book biography explores the life of children’s book creator Margaret Wise Brown. It connects her life and distinctive habits with her familiar stories, using imaginative connections in its telling. The book plays with form and language, while illustrations made with watercolor, Nupastel, and digital techniques accompany the account. It also includes sources, placing Brown’s work alongside details of her life.
This book appears on 3 reading lists across 2 editions from 3 organizations.
