In the Great Green Room: The Brilliant and Bold Life of Margaret Wise Brown
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (672 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1250160626 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A Genuine, Likable Quirk" according to Kindle Fever. If you are an adult avid reader, it may be because someone read to you when you were very young. Do you remember your favorite author? Probably not. However, the book you loved may have been "Goodnight Moon", authored by Margaret Wise Brown the subject of this wonderful biography by Amy Gary. Margaret never lost the ability to see the world through a child's eyes. That's what made her books so successful and what made her life so interesting. She was "quirky" and usually followed her own instincts rather than be swayed by others. I wish I could have known her!. Alex said It's a fantastic look at Margaret Wise Brown's life. We all remember the effect that Margaret's books had on our childhoods. Now, as an adult, I feel the same way about this book. It's a fantastic look at Margaret Wise Brown's life. The author really takes you inside her head and makes you feel as if you are right there as she is going through her life. The descriptions are vivid and it keeps you wanting to read more. The book has the information of a biography but is page turning like a novel, which is great.A legend like Margaret Wise Brown is really defined by some of her most popular works like goodnight moon, but In the . Salted Radish said Interesting Biography. Margaret Wise Brown was a fascinating and complicated woman. Interesting biography of the author of Good Night Moon.
She went by the stage name of Michael Strange and she and Margaret had a tempestuous yet secret relationship, at one point living next door to each other so that they could be together. But before they could marry Margaret died unexpectedly at the age of forty-two, leaving behind a cache of unpublished work and a timeless collection of books that would go on to become classics in children's literature.Author Amy Gary captures the eccentric and exceptional life of Margaret Wise Brown, and drawing on newly discovered personal letters and diaries, reveals an intimate portrait of a creative genius whose unrivaled talent breathed new life into the literary world.. Margaret would spend days researching subjects, picking daisies, cloud gazing, and observing nature, all in an effort to precisely capture a child's sense of awe and wonder as they discovered the world.Clever, quirky, and incredibly talented, Margaret embraced life with passion, lived extravagantly off of her royalties, went on rabbit hunts, and carried on long and troubled love affairs with both men and women. The extraordinary life of the woman behind the beloved children's classics Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny comes alive in this fascinating biography of Margaret Wise Brown. At the same time, she also experimented endlessly with her own writing. After the dissolution of their relationship and Michael's death, Margaret became engaged t
She was formerly the director of publishing at Lucasfilm and headed the publishing department at Pixar studios. Since then, Gary has catalogued, edited, and researched all of Brown's writings. She has been covered in Vanity Fair, in Entertainment Weekly, and on NPR, among other media outlets. . In 1990, AMY GARY discovered hu
--Seira Wilson, The Book Review. Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny may be the stories she’s most known for, but Margaret Wise Brown wrote scores of books. And poems. A successful career in writing did not come easy to her, and Brown found inspiration in Gertrude Stein that completely changed how she approached her craft. Now I see a colorful, vibrant woman who had complicated love affairs, a unique ability to see the world through a child’s eyes, and who was constantly recreating life on her own terms. Brown was passionate about children’s book publishing, and she was a visionary of interactive formats. Thanks to Any Gary’s insightful biography,