Margaret Wise Brown quotes

Goodnight stars, goodnight air, goodnight noises everywhere. (Margaret Wise Brown)
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.
Margaret Wise Brown
Quietness is an essential part of all awareness. In quiet times and sleepy times, a child can dwell in thoughts of his own, and in songs and stories of his own.
Margaret Wise Brown
Everything that anyone would ever look for is usually where they find it.
Margaret Wise Brown
I like dogs Big dogs Little dogs Fat dogs Doggy dogs Old dogs Puppy dogs I like dogs A dog that is barking over the hill A dog that is dreaming very still A dog that is running wherever he will I like dogs.
Margaret Wise Brown
Once there was a little bunny who wanted to run away. So he said to his mother, "I am running away". "If you run away", said his mother, "I will run after you. For you are my little bunny".
Margaret Wise Brown
I wish I didn't have ever to sign my long name on the cover of a book, and I wish I could write a story that would seem absolutely true to the child who hears it and to myself.
Margaret Wise Brown
I won't let anybody get away with anything just because he is little.
Margaret Wise Brown
In the great green room, there was a telephone And a red balloon And a picture of a cat jumping over the moon...
Margaret Wise Brown
Nights and days came and passed And summer and winter and the rain. And it was good to be a little Island. A part of the world and a world of its own All surrounded by the bright blue sea.
Margaret Wise Brown