Book Quote by 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. A part…

— 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 barking over…

— 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…

— 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 overlooked. Yet…

— 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...

— 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