Margaret Wise Brown’s Experimental Art

Margaret Wise Brown’s Experimental Art
Title Margaret Wise Brown’s Experimental Art PDF eBook
Author Julia Pond
Publisher Taylor & Francis
Pages 137
Release 2024-09-25
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 104014568X

Download Margaret Wise Brown’s Experimental Art Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

In this study, the engaging art created by children’s author Margaret Wise Brown receives the critical attention it deserves as a lasting contribution to American children’s literature. Through analysis of her dozens of titles published during the height of western Modernism, this scholarly text shares Brown’s importance and impact from the perspective of Brown’s work, rather than biographically. Moving beyond such popular titles as Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny into deeper cuts reveals how Brown’s oeuvre bridges multiple disciplines, including writing, visual art, philosophy, and music. Her projects successfully experiment with artistic collaboration and synesthesia as a natural expression for a child readership while both contributing to and reflecting high Modernism amidst the two World Wars. The quality of Brown’s writing and the maturity of her themes reveal respect for her child audience and recommend her work to the generations of readers who followed her early death. As this book demonstrates, Margaret Wise Brown remains one of the truly great authors of children’s literature.

Little Fur Family

Little Fur Family
Title Little Fur Family PDF eBook
Author Margaret Wise Brown
Publisher Harper Collins
Pages 42
Release 1946
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 0060207450

Download Little Fur Family Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

There was a little fur family warm as toast smaller than most in little fur coats and they lived in a warm wooden tree.

Goodnight Moon

Goodnight Moon
Title Goodnight Moon PDF eBook
Author Margaret Wise Brown
Publisher HarperCollins
Pages 34
Release 2016-11-08
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 0062662899

Download Goodnight Moon Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

In this classic of children's literature, beloved by generations of readers and listeners, the quiet poetry of the words and the gentle, lulling illustrations combine to make a perfect book for the end of the day. In a great green room, tucked away in bed, is a little bunny. "Goodnight room, goodnight moon." And to all the familiar things in the softly lit room—to the picture of the three little bears sitting on chairs, to the clocks and his socks, to the mittens and the kittens, to everything one by one—the little bunny says goodnight. One of the most beloved books of all time, Goodnight Moon is a must for every bookshelf and a time-honored gift for baby showers and other special events.

Margaret Wise Brown

Margaret Wise Brown
Title Margaret Wise Brown PDF eBook
Author Leonard S. Marcus
Publisher HarperCollins
Pages 422
Release 2018-10-16
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0062895850

Download Margaret Wise Brown Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

"Leonard S. Marcus... has masterfully written about a fascinating woman who in her short life changed literature for the very young. I was throroughly enchanted."--Eric Carle Nearly fifty years after her sudden death at the age of forty-two, Margaret Wise Brown remains a legend and an enigma. Author of Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny, and dozens of other children's classics, Brown all but invented the picture book as we know it today. Combining poetic instinct with a profound empathy for small children, she understood a child's need for security, love, and a sense of being at home in the world. Yet, these were comforts that had eluded her. Her sparkling presence and her unparalleled success as a legendary children's book author masked an insecurity that left her restless and vulnerable. In this authoritative and moving biography, Leonard S. Marcus, who had access to never-before-published letters and family papers, portrays Brown's complex character and her tragic, seesaw life. Colorful, thoughtful, and insightful, Margaret Wise Brown is both a portrayal of a woman whose stories still speak to millions and a portrait of New York in the 1930s and 1940s, when the literary world blossomed and made history.

Four Fur Feet

Four Fur Feet
Title Four Fur Feet PDF eBook
Author Margaret Wise Brown
Publisher Hyperion Books
Pages 0
Release 1994
Genre American poetry
ISBN 9780786800025

Download Four Fur Feet Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Poetic text and illustrations describe an animal's journey around the world on his four fur feet.

The World Is Round

The World Is Round
Title The World Is Round PDF eBook
Author Gertrude Stein
Publisher Harper Collins
Pages 126
Release 2013-10-29
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 0062311069

Download The World Is Round Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

This classic children’s book is “a treasure trove for admirers of [Stein’s] singular vision and Hurd’s always charming artwork” (Publishers Weekly). Written in her unique prose style, Gertrude Stein’s The World Is Round chronicles the adventures of a young girl named Rose—a whimsical tale that delights in wordplay and sound while exploring the ideas of personal identity and individuality. This volume replicates the original 1939 edition, including all of Clement Hurd’s original blue-and-white art printed on the rose-pink paper that Stein insisted upon. Also featured here are two essays that provide an inside view to the making of the book. The first, a foreword by Clement Hurd’s son, author and illustrator Thacher Hurd, includes previously unpublished photographs and sheds light on a creative family life in Vermont, where his father and mother, author Edith Thacher Hurd, often collaborated on children’s books. The second essay, an afterword by Edith Thacher Hurd, takes readers behind the scenes of the making of The World Is Round, including the numerous letters exchanged between Hurd and Stein as well as images of Stein with the real-life Rose and her white poodle, Love. “The perfect mix of Gertrude Stein’s painterly words and Clement Hurd’s elegant illustrations make The World Is Round an unforgettable treasure.” —Todd Oldham “a book. a beautiful book. arrived. it is pink and it is smart and it is beautiful. bring that book over here so i can look at it. would you like some tea?” —Maira Kalman

The Colour Kittens

The Colour Kittens
Title The Colour Kittens PDF eBook
Author Margaret Wise Brown
Publisher Golden Books
Pages 26
Release 2009
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 0375853359

Download The Colour Kittens Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

While the color kittens are trying to make green paint, their mixing leads to pink, orange, and purple.