Little Fur Family

by Margaret Wise Brown, Garth Williams (Illustrator)

Overview

The timeless classic -- the perfect gift for everyone's favorite child.

The Little Fur Family tells of a little fur child's day in the woods. The day ends when his big fur parents tuck him in bed "all soft and warm," and sing him to sleep with a lovely bedtime song.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780694000043
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	10/02/1985
Edition description:	Fur Edition
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	11,821
Product dimensions:	2.37(w) x 3.25(h) x 0.00(d)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Margaret Wise Brown, cherished for her unique ability to convey a child’s experience and perspective of the world, transformed the landscape of children’s literature with such beloved classics as Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny. Other perennial favorites by Ms. Brown include Nibble Nibble, My World, Where Have You Been?, Christmas in the Barn, The Dead Bird, and Sneakers, the Seaside Cat.

Garth Williams is the renowned illustrator of almost one hundred books for children, including the beloved Stuart Little by E. B. White, Bedtime for Frances by Russell Hoban, and the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

He was born in 1912 in New York City but raised in England. He founded an art school near London and served with the British Red Cross Civilian Defense during World War II. Williams worked as a portrait sculptor, art director, and magazine artist before doing his first book Stuart Little, thus beginning a long and lustrous career illustrating some of the best known children's books.

In addition to illustrating works by White and Wilder, he also illustrated George Selden’s The Cricket in Times Square and its sequels (Farrar Straus Giroux). He created the character and pictures for the first book in the Frances series by Russell Hoban (HarperCollins) and the first books in the Miss Bianca series by Margery Sharp (Little, Brown). He collaborated with Margaret Wise Brown on her Little Golden Books titles Home for a Bunny and Little Fur Family, among others, and with Jack Prelutsky on two poetry collections published by Greenwillow: Ride a Purple Pelican and Beneath a Blue Umbrella. He also wrote and illustrated seven books on his own, including Baby Farm Animals (Little Golden Books) and The Rabbits’ Wedding (HarperCollins).

Date of Birth:

May 23, 1910

Date of Death:

November 13, 1952

Place of Birth:

Brooklyn, N.Y.

Place of Death:

Nice, France

Education:

B.A., Hollins College, 1932; Bank Street College of Education

Website:

http://www.margaretwisebrown.com

Editorial Reviews

A sweet board book based on Margaret Wise Brown's resilient 1946 classic about "a little fur family / warm as toast / smaller than most / in little fur coats." Who could resist these endearing creatures or the book's furry cover?

The 1946 title Little Fur Family by Margaret Wise Brown, illus. by Garth Williams, is now available in a hand-size board book format with a patch of brown fur on the cover. This may be a new format, but the rest remains the classic tale of a little brown bear who spends a day of discovery in the woods. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

All of those who grew up comforted by Margaret Wise Brown's wonderfully simple tales, including many illustrated by Garth Williams, will be delighted to know this classic is available as a board book. Now enthusiastic infants and toddlers can enjoy feeling the warm silky fur on the cover, as they follow the little fur child throughout his day. It is perfectly possible these human little ones will also like to hear their mothers and fathers sing them the song that puts the little fur child to sleep. 2005 (orig. 1946), Harper Festival/Harper Collins, Ages 2 to 6.
—Mary Hynes-Berry

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