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Marcia Brown

13 July 1918 - 28 April 2015

Marcia Joan Brown (July 13, 1918 – April 28, 2015) was an American writer and illustrator of more than 30 children's books. She has won three annual Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association, and six Caldecott Medal honors as an illustrator, recognizing the year's best U.S. picture book illustration, and the ALA's Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal in 1992 for her career contribution to children's literature. Many of her titles have been published in translation, including Afrikaans, German, Japanese, Spanish and Xhosa-Bantu editions. Brown is known as one of the most honored illustrators in children's literature.

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  • Cover of: Stone Soup (Aladdin Picture Books)

    First published in 1947 37 editions in 4 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition stonesoupoldtale00brow Cover of edition stonesoupoldtale00brow_0
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  • Cover of: Shadow

    First published in 1982 15 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition shadow00cend Cover of edition shadowcend00cend
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  • Cover of: Once a Mouse...

    First published in 1961 7 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition oncemousefablecu00brow
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  • Cover of: The flying carpet

    First published in 1956 6 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Cinderella: or the Little Glass Slipper

    First published in 1954 5 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Dick Whittington and his cat

    First published in 1950 5 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition dickwhittingtonh00brow Cover of edition dickwhittingtonh00marc
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  • Cover of: The blue jackal

    First published in 1977 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Backbone of the king: the story of Paka'a and his son Ku.

    First published in 1966 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition backboneofkingst0000brow_j8f3
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    First published in 1958 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition felic00brow
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  • Cover of: Sing a song of popcorn: every child's book of poems

    First published in 1988 3 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition singsongofpopcor00brow
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  • Cover of: Henry-Fisherman

    First published in 1949 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: How, hippo!

    First published in 1969 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Anansi, the spider man: Jamaican folk tales

    First published in 1954 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Bun: a tale from Russia

    First published in 1972 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The neighbors

    First published in 1967 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: All butterflies: an ABC

    First published in 1974 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition allbutterfliesab0000brow
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  • Cover of: The little carousel.

    First published in 1946 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Skipper John's cook.

    First published in 1951 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Tamarindo!

    First published in 1960 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Stone soup: an old tale

    First published in 1971 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Photo of Marcia Brown
Subjects
Folklore, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction, Juvenile literature, award:Caldecott_award, Animals, Caldecott Medal, collectionID:caldecotthonor50, lexile_code:AD, Nature, age:max:8, grade:max:3, grade:min:Preschool, Cats, Children's poetry, Fairy tales, Folk literature, French, Folklore, france, French Folk literature, Legends, Mice, Poetry, age:min:4, lexile_range:801-900
Places
India, Africa, Arabian Peninsula, England, France, Francia, Great Britain, Italy, Jamaica, Russia, United States, Venice (Italy)
People
Marcia Brown, Richard Whittington (-1423), Richard Whittington (d. 1423), soldier

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April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import