Brown, Marcia, 1918-2015

American author and illustrator of children's picture boks.

Marcia Brown was born July 13, 1918 in Rochester, New York. She attended New York College for Teachers in Albany, New York, graduating with an A.B. in 1940. During the 1940s, Ms. Brown worked as a teacher and library assistant and began writing and illustrating children's books. Her first book, The Little Carousel, was published in 1946. While best known as an illustrator, Ms. Brown has also written and adapted many stories, the latter often based on folk and fairy tales from around the world. Her picture books have been widely praised for not only their illustrations, but also for Ms. Brown's talent for reproducing the "storytelling" quality of oral traditional literature. This particularly evident in Stone Soup and Dick Whittington and His Cat, both Caldecott Honor Books in 1948 and 1951, respectively. Throughout her career, Ms. Brown has been recognized many times with Caldecott Honor book citations and awards. Cinderella (1955), Once a Mouse (1962), and Shadow (1983) were all awarded the Caldecott, and Henry Fisherman ( 1950), Skipper John's Cook (1952), Puss in Boots (1952), and The Steadfast Tin Soldier (1954) were Caldecott Honor Books. In addition to her own work as an illustrator and adaper, Ms. Brown has also illustrated books by other authors. Ms. Brown has continued to publish picture books for the past four decades and continues to be one of the field's most widely recognized and respected author and illustrator.

American author and illustrator of children's picture books.

American author/illustrator, born in Rochester, New York in 1918. A three-time Caldecott Medal winner who is well-known for her woodblock illustrations.

Marcia Brown was born on July 13, 1918, in Rochester, New York. She studied painting, set design, puppetry, and printmaking at various schools, graduating from New York College for Teachers (now SUNY Albany) in 1940. She published her first book, "The Little Carousel," in 1946 while working at the New York Public Library. Brown's first award was Caldecott Honors for "Stone Soup" (1948), an old folktale Brown retold and illustrated. She won the Caldecott Medal three times, and received Caldecott Honors a total of six times. Brown illustrated more than thirty books, most of which she either wrote or adapted. She loves folklore and illustrated a number of classic tales from around the world. Throughout her career, Brown used a wide variety of media, although her most distinctive illustrations are her colored woodblocks.

Marcia Joan Brown was born on July 13, 1918 in Rochester, New York, one of three daughters of the Reverend Clarence Edward and Adelaide Elizabeth (Zimber) Brown. The family lived in many small towns in upstate New York including Cooperstown and Kingston as her father accepted new ministries. Raised in a family that supported artstic expression, she decided at an early age to become an artist. Because of the scarcity of positions during the depression, Brown enrolled at the New York State College for Teachers to pursue a teaching career for practical reasons. She received her B.A. from the NYSCT in 1940. While in college, Brown maintained her connection to the visual arts by contributing to the college's literary and humor magazines, and by studying painting under Judson Smith at the Woodstock School of Painting in the summers of 1938 and 1939. Brown has been awarded the Caldecott Medal three times.

American author and illustrator of children's picture books; Caldecott Award winner, 1955, 1962, and 1983.