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title: "4 Children 's literature Quotes By Margaret Wise Brown"
description: "4 Children 's literature quotes by Margaret Wise Brown. Plus more from Margaret Wise Brown and more Children 's literature sayings from other authors."
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> [In this modern world where activity is stressed almost to the point of mania, quietness as a childhood need is too often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-wise-brown/in-this-modern-world-where-activity-is-stressed-almost-to-the-point/)

[Margaret Wise Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-wise-brown/)

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> [In the great green room, there was a telephone And a red balloon And a picture of a cat jumping over the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-wise-brown/in-the-great-green-room-there-was-a-telephone-and-a-red-balloon-and-a/)

[Margaret Wise Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-wise-brown/)

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> [Quietness is an essential part of all awareness. In quiet times and sleepy times, a child can dwell in thoughts of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-wise-brown/quietness-is-an-essential-part-of-all-awareness-in-quiet-times-and/)

[Margaret Wise Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-wise-brown/)

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> [I don't think I'm essentially interested in children's books. I'm interested in writing, and in pictures. I'm interested in people and in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-wise-brown/i-don-t-think-i-m-essentially-interested-in-children-s-books-i-m/)

[Margaret Wise Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-wise-brown/)

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## Other authors on Children 's literature

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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-katherine-paterson-55563.jpg) Katherine Paterson 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children-s-literature/katherine-paterson/)

## More by Margaret Wise Brown

> [“Dear Father, hear and bless thy beasts and singing birds, and guard with tenderness small things that have no words.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-wise-brown/dear-father-hear-and-bless-thy-beasts-and-singing-birds-and-guard/)

[Margaret Wise Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-wise-brown/)

> [We speak naturally but spend all our lives trying to write naturally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-wise-brown/we-speak-naturally-but-spend-all-our-lives-trying-to-write-naturally/)

[Margaret Wise Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-wise-brown/)

> [“Nights and days came and passed And summer and winter and the rain. And it was good to be a little Island. A part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-wise-brown/nights-and-days-came-and-passed-and-summer-and-winter-and-the-rain/)

[Margaret Wise Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-wise-brown/)

> [A child's own story is a dream, but a good story is a dream that is true for more than one child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-wise-brown/a-child-s-own-story-is-a-dream-but-a-good-story-is-a-dream-that-is/)

[Margaret Wise Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-wise-brown/)

> [I like dogs Big dogs Little dogs Fat dogs Doggy dogs Old dogs Puppy dogs I like dogs A dog that is barking over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-wise-brown/i-like-dogs-big-dogs-little-dogs-fat-dogs-doggy-dogs-old-dogs-puppy/)

[Margaret Wise Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-wise-brown/)

> [I wish I didn't have ever to sign my long name on the cover of a book, and I wish I could write a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-wise-brown/i-wish-i-didn-t-have-ever-to-sign-my-long-name-on-the-cover-of-a-book/)

[Margaret Wise Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-wise-brown/)

> [there seem to be times of reception and times of creation and it is perhaps difficult not to confuse the two.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-wise-brown/there-seem-to-be-times-of-reception-and-times-of-creation-and-it-is/)

[Margaret Wise Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-wise-brown/)

> [In this modern world where activity is stressed almost to the point of mania, quietness as a childhood need is too often overlooked. Yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-wise-brown/in-this-modern-world-where-activity-is-stressed-almost-to-the-point/)

[Margaret Wise Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-wise-brown/)

> [In the great green room, there was a telephone And a red balloon And a picture of a cat jumping over the moon...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-wise-brown/in-the-great-green-room-there-was-a-telephone-and-a-red-balloon-and-a/)

[Margaret Wise Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-wise-brown/)

> [Goodnight stars, goodnight air, goodnight noises everywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-wise-brown/goodnight-stars-goodnight-air-goodnight-noises-everywhere/)

[Margaret Wise Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-wise-brown/)

> [A good picture book can almost be whistled. ... All have their own melodies behind the storytelling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-wise-brown/a-good-picture-book-can-almost-be-whistled-all-have-their-own/)

[Margaret Wise Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-wise-brown/)

> [Everything that anyone would ever look for is usually where they find it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-wise-brown/everything-that-anyone-would-ever-look-for-is-usually-where-they-find-2/)

[Margaret Wise Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-wise-brown/)

> [When the groundhog casts his shadow And the small birds sing And the pussywillows happen And the sun shines warm And when the peepers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-wise-brown/when-the-groundhog-casts-his-shadow-and-the-small-birds-sing-and-the/)

[Margaret Wise Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-wise-brown/)

> [Quietness is an essential part of all awareness. In quiet times and sleepy times, a child can dwell in thoughts of his own, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-wise-brown/quietness-is-an-essential-part-of-all-awareness-in-quiet-times-and/)

[Margaret Wise Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-wise-brown/)

> [There is a loving way with words and an unloving way. And it is only with the loving way that the simplicity of language…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-wise-brown/there-is-a-loving-way-with-words-and-an-unloving-way-and-it-is-only/)

[Margaret Wise Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-wise-brown/)

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