The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown

The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown | Mac Barnett

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5 š š š š š This book is hard to describe. It is about the author Margaret Wise Brown, but it is not a biography. It‘s about the fact that she wrote a book that was not liked by the main lady at the New York Public Library, but that it still exists in our modern lexicon because she believed that children deserved weird little books.

plemmdog Have you read The Upstairs House? The premise looked interesting but I wasn‘t sure it could work for a whole novelā€¦I was on the fence about buying it 2y

LibrarianRyan @plemmdog I had not even heard of it. I just looked it up. It sounds interesting but that is about all I can say. 2y

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cozypunk

The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown | Mac Barnett

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Feels like this is written for adult fans of Margaret Wise Brown. It's a fanciful biography not meant to give a linear account of MWB's life. A strange story, by its own admission. This next bit is oddly specific but... (continued in next comment) #dw2020reads #campreadalot2020

cozypunk ... If / when, I read this to kids, I'll divided it into 3 parts: p1-19, p18-47, and p34-42 followed by a MWB book or two. These are not natural dividing points, but I feel like these 3 sections could make a good series of short stories. There's enough foreshadowing and callbacks to keep the 3 connected. 4y

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cwarnier

The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown | Mac Barnett

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I loved reading about this author.
#campreadalot

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lowellette

The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown | Mac Barnett

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The mind of Mac Barnett tops chocolate lava cake and that shouldn‘t be possible. He catches me by surprise. He creates delightful moments in his books that expand possibility. His new collaboration with Sarah Jacoby (whose illustrations I hope will invade my dreams) is such a treasure that I don‘t even mind that a librarian is the villain (the librarian did make the wrong call). Please read and enjoy even if you are an adult at heart. #nochill

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