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Marcia Brown


Born
in Rochester, New York, The United States
July 13, 1918

Died
April 28, 2015

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An American children's book author and illustrator, and a high school teacher, Marcia Brown was born in Rochester, New York in 1918, and was educated at The New York State College for Teachers (now University at Albany). She taught at Cornwall High School in New York City, and published her first book, The Little Carousel, in 1946. She wrote and illustrated more than thirty books for children over the course of her career, winning three Caldecott Medals and six Caldecott Honors, as well as the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal and the Regina Medal. She died in 2015. ...more

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Stone Soup

4.25 avg rating — 46,674 ratings — published 1947 — 3 editions
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Once a Mouse...

3.78 avg rating — 3,120 ratings — published 1961 — 40 editions
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Cinderella

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3.93 avg rating — 2,442 ratings — published 1812 — 23 editions
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Shadow

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3.46 avg rating — 1,446 ratings — published 1982 — 21 editions
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Dick Whittington and His Cat

3.50 avg rating — 516 ratings — published 1950 — 17 editions
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Puss in Boots

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3.44 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 1952 — 2 editions
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Skipper John's Cook

3.27 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1951 — 2 editions
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Henry-Fisherman

2.94 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1949 — 4 editions
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All Butterflies

3.79 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1974 — 3 editions
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How, Hippo!

4.14 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1970 — 8 editions
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“A rich man's soup - and all from a few stones. It seemed like magic!”
Marcia Brown, Stone Soup

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