In the Great Green Room
The Brilliant and Bold Life of Margaret Wise Brown

I really didn't like the narrative style of this book, even though it made for a quick read. I also didn't really find Margaret to be an engaging or accessible person -- her privilege was completely uninterrogated by her and by Gary, and because of this I found it hard to be sympathetic to Margaret'......more

Margaret Wise Brown comes across as a captivating person which adds to my dismay about how this biography was written. Except for a one word exclamation by MWB and a single diary entry on the last page, there are no direct quotes by anyone. The book is straight narrative. This method seemed to keep......more

"A writer of songs and nonsense " is how Margaret Wise Brown beloved children's book author asked to be remembered. Her life was magical and tragic filled with dogs and astonishingly queer. This book was beautifully and thoughtfully written. It was educational and engaging - I'm so pleased to have r......more

My narrative runs like this: I feel in love with reading and art with the Little Golden Books and discovered the great classics with Classics Illustrated Comic Books. Little Golden Books were inexpensive, readily available, and mass produced; that meant even on a meagre budget Mom could splurge and......more