Margaret Wise Brown Books in Order

Margaret Wise Brown recalls the places and experiences of her childhood in New York City and on Long Island. Adapted from her autobiographical writing, this illustrated book also introduces the surroundings and habits of her later adult life.

A squirrel, bird, bunny, cat and dog react to a snowfall, leaving tracks as they seek warmth. A boy and girl discover the animals' traces, while the changing weather connects their winter adventures with the arrival of spring.

Three orphan kittens are lost outside in the snow and need a place to escape the cold. Finding a warm house offers them shelter, beginning a gentle illustrated story about vulnerable animals seeking comfort and a home.

Big Sleepy Man tells Little Sleepy Man a story about the young Man in the Moon. Their bedtime conversation moves through dreamlike scenes, using gentle, imaginative language to carry the two listeners toward the rest they need.

This gift collection brings together Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny and Big Red Barn. A bunny's bedtime farewells, a mother's loving reassurance and the rhythms of farm animals' lives offer three illustrated stories for very young children.

A little scarecrow learns from his father how to frighten crows, but is told he is not fierce enough yet. Eager to test his lessons, he ventures into the cornfield alone and tries to prove himself.

Playful verses consider what makes being one, two, three, four, five or six special. This companion to The Important Book celebrates young children's growing abilities and individuality, inviting readers to think about their own place among those ages.

A fuzzy bumblebee hums through a short poem brought to life with sculptured illustrations. Its round, tumbling presence and the pictures' textured surfaces invite very young readers to follow the bee's journey through words, images and touch.

Brown's poem retells the birth of Jesus, welcoming shepherds and other visitors to the Holy Family. Floyd Cooper's paintings present Mary, Joseph, the baby and the surrounding figures with an African American cast in this illustrated Christmas story.

Little Bunny wakes in a busy meadow and listens closely to the sounds around him. Chirping birds, buzzing bees and noises from his own body turn an ordinary day into a series of questions about what he hears.

Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny come together in this board book gift set illustrated by Clement Hurd. One bunny says goodnight to familiar surroundings, while another imagines escaping a mother whose love follows every possible transformation.

Wind and rain become sources of pleasure in this short board book celebration of autumn. Margaret Wise Brown's seasonal verse, paired with Susan Jeffers's illustrations, invites young children to enjoy the changing weather through words and pictures.

Brief text and pictures introduce the experiences of summer in a board book for young children. The illustrated pages include insects to notice, turning the season's small details into a simple reading experience shared with an adult.

Four poems follow a little bear through the seasons, exploring flowers, small creatures, wind, rain and snow. His outdoor discoveries unfold alongside expressions of lasting love, linking the changing natural world with the bond between parent and child.

This treasury gathers fifty-six stories and poems exploring childhood through adventure, bravery, friendship, belonging and nonsense. Arranged by theme and illustrated by Loretta Krupinski, the collection also celebrates colors, nature and the pleasures of imagination and solitude.

A boy asks his busy mother for a bath, but she sends him to watch how animals wash themselves. Trying their methods only makes him dirtier, turning a simple attempt to get clean into a series of comic mishaps.

Twenty-four previously unpublished poems explore the curiosity and wonder of very young children. Illustrated scenes accompany Brown’s verses, encouraging readers to notice the world around them and respond to everyday experiences with imagination, questions, and a sense of discovery.

A painter mouse and his young apprentice leave their castle to explore the colors around them. Observing flowers, animals and the landscape inspires their paintings, as the younger mouse learns to capture what he sees with his own brushes.

Robin needs a room suited to his inventive experiments, but dislikes the bedroom his parents create. Given a chance to design his own space, he imagines a place for painting, building, reading and making things his way.

A little lamb cannot settle down to sleep, so his mother suggests counting butterflies instead of sheep. The bedtime story follows his search for rest, pairing a familiar childhood problem with animal characters and a lullaby.

A bear's bedtime becomes a dream journey beyond his window and into the clouds. Familiar objects from his room reappear in cloud shapes, linking the comfort of home with an imagined nighttime flight through the sky.

A sleepy bunny's family gathers around a bedtime story that includes a carrot doll with an uncertain future. The picture book combines goodnight wishes with opportunities to count and notice how the members of a family fit together.

As night falls, animal fathers return to their young, from rabbits hopping home to dogs rejoining their puppies. The story connects these homecomings with a child's longing for a father returning from work at sea.

The moon lights the lives of children in different parts of the world as a child asks for God's blessing. Rhyming verse turns a bedtime prayer into a journey that links faraway places under one night sky.

Animals and children are invited to the stable in Bethlehem where the newborn Jesus lies. Rhyming verse presents the first Christmas as a gathering around the manger, focusing on welcome, quiet attention and the meaning of the celebration.

Children travel around the world through rhyme, meeting others who sing, dance and play in different cultures. The picture book invites young readers to notice unfamiliar places while recognising activities that children share wherever they live.

A mouse guides young readers through a counting story that introduces the numbers from one to ten. Simple text and pictures give children a way to practise early number recognition while following an animal character through the book.

A bedtime lullaby invites a child to sleep while recalling the seasons, stars, frost and flowers. Rhyming verse brings these details together as a quiet song, connecting the natural world with the familiar comfort of being sung to.

A big bear and a little bear prepare for bed together, yawning, stretching and settling onto their pillows. As the little one follows each action, a lullaby and repeated phrases turn an ordinary routine into a shared bedtime ritual.

Children observe the changing seasons in a picture book that brings weather and nature into rhyming verse. The sights of the year invite young readers to notice how the world around them changes with each season.

Dogs, rabbits and elephants have families that eat when hungry and sleep when tired, just as children do. The picture book draws connections between animal households and human routines, exploring familiar needs through different kinds of families.

An airplane ride carries a child above the clouds, through rain and past birds in the sky. Rhyming verse invites readers to look down at the people below and imagine how familiar things appear from the air.

A boy and a girl explore spring, summer, autumn and winter, noticing the colours, sounds and sights around them. Rhyming text follows their discoveries through the year, introducing seasonal changes through children's experience of the natural world.

Children and animals drift into dreams in a rhyming picture book about what sleep can bring. The story invites readers to imagine different nighttime worlds, connecting bedtime with the wishes and thoughts that fill a dream.

Previously unpublished lullabies by Brown pair gentle verses with illustrations by twelve artists. Music accompanies the poems, giving families another way to share the rhythms and imagined scenes as children settle into the quiet routines surrounding bedtime.

Simple rhyming text introduces an underwater world filled with different fish and the children who enjoy them. Written for beginning readers, the book pairs short words with picture clues that help children connect sounds, images and meaning.

A cat investigates strange sounds on Christmas Eve while a mouse watches from the tree. Their visitor is Jingle Paws, a dog delivering gifts for pets, bringing a familiar holiday tradition into the animals' own world.

Three stories follow Muffin the dog as he listens to everyday noises, sounds inside a house and quieter details of nature. The collection invites children to pay attention to what their ears reveal about the world around them.

Animal fathers play with their young, look after them and show affection in a picture book about care. These relationships offer children familiar examples of fatherhood through the daily interactions of different animals and their families.

Familiar nursery rhyme characters appear throughout pictures that invite children to search and point. The book turns recognising storybook figures into a shared activity, encouraging readers to look closely as they connect each request with an illustration.

A young rabbit grows up in his parents' burrow before making a home of his own. The picture book follows changing family relationships, exploring how love and belonging continue as a child becomes an adult with a family.

A little bunny greets birds, bees and other familiar things as the sun rises and the day begins. When evening arrives, the greetings become goodnight wishes, following the rhythm of a day from waking to rest.

Animal characters demonstrate helpful and unhelpful ways to behave at meals, in a queue, at a party and around animals. Simple contrasts introduce manners through situations children recognise, showing how small choices affect others in everyday life.

A young bird prepares to leave her mother's nest and wonders which direction she should take. Flying north, south, east and west becomes a first journey of discovery, balancing curiosity about unfamiliar places with the desire for home.

Little bunnies hop and explore the small things that share their much larger world. The picture book invites children to follow their discoveries, directing attention toward details of nature through the movements and curiosity of animal characters.

A boy watches a spider in the grass and discovers what happens when he remains still and shares its space. The story encourages close observation of the outdoors, finding interest in small creatures and an unexpected encounter.

Poems and songs follow nature across the changing seasons, from clouds and butterflies to bunnies and tiny creatures close to the ground. Twelve artists illustrate Brown’s verses, inviting children to explore the year through pictures, language, and rhythm.

As winter approaches, farm animals seek warmth and shelter together in a barn. The picture book follows the changing season through their needs, showing the comfort of a shared home while cold weather transforms the world outside.

A little tiger sings about being brave as he walks through the jungle, though its many sounds frighten him. Encounters with monkeys, snakes, birds and other creatures test his confidence as he tries to face the world around him.

Two songbirds fly through a sky filled with clouds, noticing familiar things and surprising shapes along the way. Their song invites children to look carefully at the world and imagine what they can see in drifting clouds.

Two squirrels invite readers to join a walk through woodland and past babbling brooks. Rhyming text follows their journey, encouraging children to notice the natural surroundings and imagine exploring them alongside the animals in the story.

A little bear explores spring fields with his mother as flowers bloom and birds sing. Their shared outing connects the pleasures of a new season with the affection between parent and child, celebrating time spent together outdoors.

Nursery rhyme characters hide across illustrated scenes, inviting children to find the cow that jumped over the moon, Bo Peep's sheep and other familiar figures. Each page combines recognising remembered stories with the challenge of looking closely.

A little boy and a spider discover how to share the outdoors through a quiet encounter in the grass. The picture book invites children to slow down and notice small creatures, finding curiosity in a moment that might otherwise pass unnoticed.

Familiar pictures from the world of Goodnight Moon introduce one hundred early words grouped around animals, colours, toys and bedtime. Children can point, name and talk about recognisable objects while connecting everyday vocabulary with pictures they know.