On July 13, 1918, a little girl was born in
Rochester, New York. She loved to read and early on decided to be an artist
when she grew up. In 1940 when she graduated with a B.A. in English and
drama, she began teaching high school in Cornwall, New York. Then in 1943
she took a position in the Central Children's Room of the New York Public
Library.
She published her first book, The Little Carousel, in 1946. Brown’s
1947 classic, Stone Soup, and her 1951
Dick Whittington and His Cat both
garnered Caldecott Honor Medals. Her
childhood love of fairy tales lead to the writing of her Caldecott-winning
book, Cinderella or the Little Glass
Slipper, in 1954. She won the award twice more with Once a Mouse (1961) and Shadow (1982).
Marcia Brown wrote and/or illustrated more than
30 books over the course of her career and won a number of awards, including
the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal in 1992 for her contributions to children’s
literature.
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| Working on Woodcuts |
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| Marcia Painting |
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