Margaret Wise Brown—Greenpoint’s Greatest Writer

Margaret Wise was an amazingly successful writer whose books have sold millions of copies. Brown developed an extraordinary talent to write for small children, perhaps unequaled in literature. Considered by many to be one of the greatest children’s writers of all time, Brown, is even regarded by many as the inventor of the modern children’s book. A contemporary of that other great children’s book author Doctor Seuss, her output during her brief career was prodigious,…