Margaret Wise Brown: Awakened by the MoonBeacon Press, 1992 - 337 pagina's Margaret Wise Brown, the author of Goodnight Moon and dozens of other children's classics, all but invented the picture book as we know it today. Combining poetic instinct with a profound empathy for small children, she knew of a child's need for security, love, and a sense of being at home in the worldand she brought that unique tenderness to the page. Yet these were comforts that eluded her. Brown's youthful presence and professional successas an editor, bestselling author, and self-styled impresariomasked an insecurity that left her restless and vulnerable. In this moving biography, Marcus portrays Brown's complex character and her tragic, seesaw life. Her literary achievement and groundbreaking discoveries about small children's emotional needs were offset by tormented romances including a passionate relationship with Michael Strange, the celebrity socialite once married to John Barrymore. |
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... offered a base royalty rate of 121⁄2 percent ( 10 percent was standard ) , to which Margaret , her sporting instinct aroused , countered , " Fifteen ! " Taken aback and eager to secure her services for Dutton , Macrae agreed . Margaret ...
... offered a base royalty rate of 121⁄2 percent ( 10 percent was standard ) , to which Margaret , her sporting instinct aroused , countered , " Fifteen ! " Taken aback and eager to secure her services for Dutton , Macrae agreed . Margaret ...
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... offered an uncharacteristically gar- bled critique that betrayed his trepidation . The " rather studied decadence and sophistication " of Rose's style , he wrote , " though possessing qualities of its own strikes me as neither appealing ...
... offered an uncharacteristically gar- bled critique that betrayed his trepidation . The " rather studied decadence and sophistication " of Rose's style , he wrote , " though possessing qualities of its own strikes me as neither appealing ...
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... offered elsewhere . The Race was the first book Hurd had written as well as illustrated . When Bill Scott offered to publish it only if the artist was willing to make substantial revisions , Hurd asked if he might try his luck with ...
... offered elsewhere . The Race was the first book Hurd had written as well as illustrated . When Bill Scott offered to publish it only if the artist was willing to make substantial revisions , Hurd asked if he might try his luck with ...
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Introduction I | 1 |
CHAPTER TWO New York Here and Now | 33 |
CHAPTER THREE Bank Street and Beyond | 67 |
Copyright | |
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