A Child's Good Morning Book

Margaret Wise Brown

HarperCollins, 1995 - Juvenile Fiction - 40 pages

In this delightful companion to the bestselling A Child's Good Night Book, birds, horses, sheep, flowers, and children all wake up when morning arrives. Brown's rousing text, paired with exquisite lithographs by Caldecott Honor winner Jean Charlot is sure to encourage everyone to get up and greet the new day. Full color.

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User Review  - mstuhan - LibraryThing

To be honest, I just really wasn't that impressed. My 2 year old wasn't really, either. When we are going through our libabry bag she always wants to skip this one and I am not disappointed.

A CHILD'S GOOD MORNING BOOK

User Review  - Jane Doe - Kirkus

It's amazing how many reincarnations of Margaret Wise Brown's books maintain relevance to today's toddlers, proving just how much she was in touch with children's feelings. Originally published in ...

About the author

Margaret Wise Brown was born on May 10, 1910 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, to Robert Brown, a Vice President at American Manufacturing Company and Maud Brown, a housewife. She attended school in Lausanne, Switzerland for three years, before attending Dana Hall in Wellesley, Massachusetts for two years. In 1928, she began taking classes at Hollis College in Virginia. In 1935, Brown began working at the Bank Street Cooperative School for student teachers. Two years later, her writing career took off with the publication of "When the Wind Blows." Over the course of fourteen years, Brown wrote over one hundred picture books for children. Some of her best known titles include Goodnight Moon, Big Red Barn and Runaway Bunny. Margaret Wise Brown died on November 13, 1952 of an embolism following an operation in Nice, France.

Jean Charlot was a master lithographer and muralist whose works are a part of the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Child's Good Morning Book
• Author: Margaret Wise Brown
• Illustrated by: Jean Charlot
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: HarperCollins, 1995
• ISBN: 0060245387, 9780060245382
• Length: 40 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Concepts / Date & Time