![]() ![]() in English from Hollins College in Virginia. While Brown’s legacy of “the quiet old lady whispering ‘hush’” might have created a public image of her as docile and domestic, her life was anything but predictable.īorn in 1910 in Brooklyn, New York, Brown was the middle of three children and attended several schools as a child before getting her B.A. But beyond her books, she was also an international traveler and volatile romantic who wrote for children in a way that was revolutionary for her time. Margaret Wise Brown, noted children’s book author and educator, is best known for writing the nursery classic Goodnight Moon, as well as a host of other children’s books that pair Brown’s gentle text with soothing illustrations. ![]()
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