Surviving besides her sister are her father and brother B.Gratz Brown of Ann Arbor, MichiganĪll surrounded by the bright blue sea. Her Attorney, Harriet Pillpell, of 285 Madison Ave., indicated that Bruce Bliven Jr a free-lance magazine writer, of 238 W 14th At and Miss Brown’s sister Roberta Rauch of Jamaica Vt had been named executors of Miss Brown’s estate. She had gone abroad three months ago for ra tour of Europe and fell ill within the last ten days.

Miss Brown was a member of the Buckram Beagles of Brownville, L.L. She left her post years later to devote the rest of her life to writing. While still with this concern, she wrote her first children s book when she was twenty eight. Miss Brown became associated with the Bureau of Education Experiments, a progressive school at 69 Bank Street, and then Joined the publishing house of William R.Scott as editor of it’s children’s book department. SHe was a student at Dna Hall, Wellesley, Mass and obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree at Hollins College, VA in 1932. She was born on May 23, 1910, the daughter of Robert Bruce Brown and Maude Margaret Johnson Brown.

Miss Brown also wrote verse and lyrics for songs reproduced on children’s records. Her so-called Noisy Books, were considered among the most popular, including “The Noisy Book”, The Indoor Noisy Book, The seashore Noisy Book and the Quiet Noisy Book. Her books circulated in the millions during the last ten years, the last two were published with in a month, under the titles “Mr.Dog” by Simon & Schuster and The Noon Balloon, by Harper & Brothers. She used two pen names besides her own, Golden MacDonald and timothy Hay. Miss Brown wrote her books so quickly that she used several publishers for their issuance, Harper & Brothers, Simon & Schuster, Doubleday, Random House and William R. Since then she had been writing them at a rate of at least four a year.

” The Fish with the deep sea Smile” published by E.P. Miss Brown wrote her first book for Children in 1938. She also had a studio at 1335 York Ave that she called cobble court. Margaret Wise Brown, forty-two, author of many children’s books, died in Nice, France on Wednesday after an appendectomy, according to word received here.

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