Margaret Wise Brown

“Dear Father, hear and bless thy beasts and singing birds, and guard with tenderness small things that have no words.”

— Margaret Wise Brown

We speak naturally but spend all our lives trying to write naturally.

— 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.…

— 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.

— 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…

— 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…

— Margaret Wise Brown

there seem to be times of reception and times of creation and it is perhaps difficult not to confuse the two.

— 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…

— 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…

— Margaret Wise Brown

Goodnight stars, goodnight air, goodnight noises everywhere.

— Margaret Wise Brown

A good picture book can almost be whistled. ... All have their own melodies behind the storytelling.

— Margaret Wise Brown

Everything that anyone would ever look for is usually where they find it.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Margaret Wise Brown

Once there was a little bunny who wanted to run away. So he said to his mother, "I am running away". "If…

— Margaret Wise Brown

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…

— Margaret Wise Brown

Goodnight nobody, goodnight mush

— Margaret Wise Brown

I won't let anybody get away with anything just because he is little.

— Margaret Wise Brown