Over the Moon: A Collection of First Books: Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny, and My World
Few writers have been as attuned to the concerns and emotions of childhood as Margaret Wise Brown (1910-1952). A graduate of Hollins College and the progressive Bank Street College of Education, she combined her literary aspirations with the study of child development. Her unique ability to see the world through a child's eyes is unequaled. Her many classic books continue to delight thousands of young listeners and readers year after year.Muy pocos escritores de literatura infantil han logrado captar las emociones e inquietudes de la ni&#241;ez como Margaret Wise Brown (1910-1952). Sus numerosos y ya cl&#225;sicos libros y grabaciones contin&#250;an deleitando a lectores y oyentes de todas las edades.Clement Hurd (1908&#8211;1988) is best known for illustratingGoodnight MoonandThe Runaway Bunny, the classic picture books by Margaret Wise Brown. He studied painting in Paris with Fernand L&#233;ger and others in the early 1930s. After his return to the United States in 1935, he began to work in children&#39;s books. He illustrated more than one hundred books, many of them with his wife, Edith Thacher Hurd, including the Johnny Lion books,The Day the Sun Danced, andThe Merry Chase. A native of New York City, he lived most of his life in Vermont and California.Clement Hurd (1908&#8211;1988) se gradu&#243; de Yale University. Estudi&#243; pintura en Par&#237;s en los a&#241;os 1930 con Fernand L&#233;ger, entre otros. All&#237; fue donde desarroll&#243; su estilo caracter&#237;stico, compuesto de colores de fuerte contraste. Hurd estuvo casado con la escritora Edith Thacher Hurd, con quien tambi&#233;n cre&#243; muchos libros que se convirtieron en favoritos de los ni&#241;os.