In this study, the engaging art created by children-s author Margaret Wise Brown receives the critical attention it deserves as a lasting contribution to American children-s literature. Through analysis of her dozens of titles published during the height of western Modernism, this scholarly text shares Brown-s importance and impact from the perspective of Brown-s work, rather than biographically. Moving beyond such popular titles as Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny into deeper cuts reveals how Brown-s oeuvre bridges multiple disciplines, including writing, visual art, philosophy, and music. Her projects successfully experiment with artistic collaboration and synesthesia as a natural expression for a child readership while both contributing to and reflecting high Modernism amidst the two World Wars. The quality of Brown-s writing and the maturity of her themes reveal respect for her child audience and recommend her work to the generations of readers who followed her
