![]() ![]() She aspired to be "America's next great novelist," but discovered while working at a school that her stories engaged and resonated with young children.Īfter she sold one of her stories to a major publishing company and became a success, she claimed that she "harbored a deep insecurity about her career" and eventually wanted to move on to write "real" literature, but felt held back by her childhood. Revealed in Amy Gary's biography of Brown, In the Great Green Room, and reported on by the NY Post, Brown felt ignored as a child by her wealthy, distracted parents, which went on to affect her career. ") and adorable illustrations, but as it turns out, Margaret Wise Brown didn't always want to be a children's book writer. The classic book is a total staple on kiddo bookshelves all over the world with it's famous opening line ("In the great green room. Goodnight Moon was my favorite book as a child, and in a hilarious turn of events, I just found out that the author actually hated kids. ![]()
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