32 Quotes by Margaret Wise Brown

A child's own story is a dream, but a good story is a dream that is true for more than one child.

We speak naturally but spend all our lives trying to write naturally.

there seem to be times of reception and times of creation and it is perhaps difficult not to confuse the two.

A good picture book can almost be whistled. ... All have their own melodies behind the storytelling.

Goodnight stars, goodnight air, goodnight noises everywhere.

A child’s own story is a dream, but a good story is a dream that is true for more than one child.

Goodnight nobody, goodnight mush.

I don’t think I’m essentially interested in children’s books. I’m interested in writing, and in pictures. I’m interested in people and in children because they are people.

When the groundhog casts his shadow And the small birds sing And the pussywillows happen And the sun shines warm And when the peepers peep Then it is Spring.