A Home in the Barn by Margaret Wise Brown; illus. by Jerry Pinkney Preschool, Primary Harper/HarperCollins 32 pp. 9/18 978-0-06-623787-9 $17.99 This cozy (previously unpublished) story from the late, legendary Margaret Wise Brown opens and closes with the same playful rhyme: “Here is the barn / Hear the wind rattle / Open the door / And see all […]
Review of North, South, East, West
North, South, East, West by Margaret Wise Brown; illus. by Greg Pizzoli Primary Harper/HarperCollins 40 pp. 1/17 978-0-06-026278-5 $17.99 Pizzoli’s digital illustrations for this never-before-published text by Margaret Wise Brown follow a little red bird whose mother sings to her about taking flight. She sets out exploring […]
On Cynthia Voigt’s “Have a Carrot” (from March/April 1997)
“High on the list of favorite read-aloud books in the house where I was the Mommy is The Runaway Bunny.” Newbery Medalist (for Dicey’s Song) Cynthia Voigt reflects on the classic picture book by Margaret Wise Brown in her article, “Have a Carrot,” published in 1997 in the Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: “Family Reading.” […]