Margaret Wise Brown, author of Goodnight Moon and The Runaway
Bunny, is one of the best-selling children''s book authors of all
time. Her unique ability to see the world through a child''s eyes
gave a new and enduring dimension to picture-book writing. Another
Important Book is the companion to her classic picture book The
Important Book, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard and first published
in 1949.
玛格丽特·怀斯·布朗,1910年出生于纽约。“怀兹”是英文“聪明”的音译。玛格丽特正是一位绝顶聪明、才华横溢的传奇女子。她不但为孩子写了10多本童书,更与一群好友一起为儿童文学的教育、创作与出版开拓出影响深运的天地。虽然她从来没有结过婚,也没有自己的孩子,但是她却对孩子,特别是幼儿期的孩子的心理、情绪和兴趣有着深刻的认识。她擅长用精简、游戏性、有韵的优美文字来铺陈故事,不但能深深打动孩子的心,更能开发孩子的想像力,让他们创造出自己的诗文。1952年,42岁的玛格丽特在法国旅行途中突然逝世。
克莱门特·赫德(Clement
Hurd),1908年出生于纽约。耶鲁大学毕业后,去巴黎学了两年现代绘画,回国后成了一名装饰画家。后来他结识了玛格莉特等儿童文学工作者,并且和其中的一位作家艾达结婚。玛格莉特在看到了他的两幅作品之后,就极力劝说他为图画书画插图,并特意为他写了一个儿童故事《大象和小甲虫》,让他做一次插图上的尝试。
Few writers have been as attuned to the concerns and emotions
of childhood as Margaret Wise Brown 1910-1952. A graduate of
Hollins College and the progressive Bank Street College of
Education, she combined her literary aspirations with the study of
child development. Her unique ability to see the world through a
child''s eyes is unequaled. Her many classic books continue to
delight thousands of young listeners and readers year after
year.