By Leonard S. Marcus
Illustrated by Clement Hurd, Leonard Weisgard, Esphyr Slobodkina, Wanda Gag, Jean Charlot, Garth Williams, Barbara Cooney, Marc Simont, Ylla

"The Picture Book Made New" by Leonard S. Marcus.
Catalog Design by Rita Marshall.
25 Illustrations, Paper, 32 pages.
1,000 copies, First Edition.

From "Acknowledgments," by H. Nichols B. Clark:
"Margaret Wise Brown launched her writing career at a time when a rejection of the fanciful and romantic in children's literature was reinforced by a belief that the genre should reflect a new reality embodied in the ascendant urban and industrial society of America. Consequently, a significant aspect of Brown's literary output was grounded in the "here and now," and she gravitated to artists who shard similar modernist tendencies. To be sure, many of her stories were rooted in the imaginary, and a good fit between narrative and image was always paramount."

Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard

The Picture Book Made New: Margaret Wise Brown and Her Illustrators
March 29, 2005 - July 10, 2005 Exhibition Poster

By Leonard Marcus
Illustrated by Margaret Wise Brown

Author of Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny and dozens of other children's classics, Margaret Wise Brown all but invented the picture book as we know it today. Marcus' biography is both a portrayal of a woman whose stories still speak to millions and a portrait of New York in the 1930's and 1940's, when the literary world blossomed and made history.

By Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrated by Clement Hurd

A little bunny keeps running away from his mother in an imaginative and imaginary game of verbal hide-and-seek; children will be profoundly comforted by this lovingly steadfast mother who finds her child every time.

By Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard

Share this special 50th anniversary edition with a new generation of readers, and find out why The Important Book continues to go on long after the book is closed.

By Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrated by Esphyr Slobodkina

When nighttime approaches, all the world is ready for sleep. The small kitten yawns at the hearth, the lambs in the field close their eyes, and a young child waits for a goodnight kiss. First published more than forty years ago, Margaret Wise Brown's tender rhymes and Esphyr Slobodkina's patchwork quilt motif artwork combine to gently and lovingly illustrate each letter of this sleepy, bedtime alphabet.

By Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrated by Garth Williams

There was once a little raccoon who wanted to go out in the night - to know an owl, to see if the moon is a rabbit, and to find out how dark is the dark. But his mother said, "Wait. Wait till the moon is full." So the little raccoon waited and wondered, while the moon got bigger and bigger and bigger. Until at last, on a very special evening, the moon was full.

Set of six catalogs from the Museum's latest exhibits, including:

• Heart and Humor: The Picture Book Art of William Steig
• Dancing Line and Merry Color: The Worlds of Margot and Kaethe Zemach
• The Mysteries of Chris Van Allsburg
• The Picture Book Made New: Margaret Wise Brown and Her Illustrators
• Painter and Poet: The Wonderful World of Ashley Bryan
• Picturing the World: The Art of Alice and Martin Provensen

Illustrated by William Steig, Margot and Kaethe Zemach, Chris Van Allsburg, Ashley Bryan, Alice and Martin Provensen

Set of six posters from the Carle's most recent exhibits, including:

• Heart and Humor: The Picture Book Art of William Steig
• Dancing Line and Merry Color: The Worlds of Margot and Kaethe Zemach
• The Mysteries of Chris Van Allsburg
• The Picture Book Made New: Margaret Wise Brown and Her Illustrators
• Painter and Poet: The Wonderful World of Ashley Bryan
• Picturing the World: The Art of Alice and Martin Provensen

*For a limited time, set also includes free poster, Petra Mathers: Lottie's New Beach Towel.