The Sailor Dog by Margaret Wise Brown is a classic picture book that can inspire your children and grandchildren to be adventurous and want to travel the seas and oceans of this world. Scuppers was a childhood hero to many future seafaring kid. Scuppers is ready to inspire a new generation of children today.
Book Title: The Important Book Author: Margaret Wise Brown Illustrator: Leonard Weisgard Publisher: HarperCollins Year Published: 1999 Originally published in 1949 Availability: Click for an available copy from Amazon What is important to your child? There are items like a daisy, a spoon and the rain found within the pages Read more…
Mister Dog may not be the most politically correct book. Don’t believe me, look at the dog smoking on the cover of the book. But that’s what was so fun about life back in the 1950s, it wasn’t politically correct. This book is filled with a great message children need to learn. Read and find out.
Two Little Trains is not one of Margaret Wise Brown’s best works. It’s no Goodnight Moon, of course, but little boys will be asking for it to be read to them again and again and again. That’s almost a guarantee.
Book Title: The Dead Bird Author: Margaret Wise Brown Illustrator: Christian Robinson Publisher: HarperCollins (2016) Originally Published: 1949 Availability: Click for an available copy from Amazon Written fourteen years before her 1952 death, Margaret Wise Brown wrote this children’s opus on dying. The book is simple and straight forward, something Read more…
Book Title: The Color Kittens Author: Margaret Wise Brown Illustrator: Alice and Martin Provensen Publisher: Little Golden Books Year Published: 1949 Availability: Click for an available copy from Amazon Whether you have a budding artist or a little tot who loves books, The Color Kittens by Margaret Wise Brown will Read more…
Book Title: Big Red Barn Author: Margaret Wise Brown Illustrator: Felicia Bond Publisher: HarperFestival Year Published: 1995 Availability: Click for an available copy from Amazon In the past, a picture book author wasn’t worth his or her weight in salt if they didn’t do a barn or rural themed book. Read more…
It’s always amazing when a publisher will release new material from one of your favorite ever authors. This is what Paragon has done here. Margaret Wise Brown passed away over 60 years ago and it’s a breath of fresh air to see a new picture book from her on the book shelves.