Marcia Brown

Marcia Brown

Marcia Joan Brown (born July 13, 1918) is an American children's author and illustrator of more than 30 children's books. She has won the Caldecott Medal three times, the only person to do so until David Wiesner in 2007. She is also the winner of the 1977 Regina Medal, a six-time recipient of the Caldecott Honor, and the winner of the 1992 Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal. Many of her titles have been produced in other languages, including Afrikaans, German, Japanese, Spanish and Xhosa-Bantu.

Born in Rochester, New York, she enrolled in the New York State College for Teachers, the University at Albany's predecessor. Marcia taught at Cornwall High School in New York City, where she began her writing career with the publication of The Little Carousel in 1946.

Growing up during the Depression, Brown considered becoming a doctor. She decided, however, to take up teaching and, later, writing.

Bibliography

Essays
  • "Lotus Seeds - Children, Pictures, and Books" Scribnerner's 1986

References

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