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Summary: Awakened by the Moon
Review: A fascinating account of a pioneer of children's literature. This book provides a great deal of insight into the personal and professional dealings of children's book publishing in the earliest days. Margaret seems to have been a woman ahead of her time in many ways and quite a character herself. A very entertaining and well researched book.
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Summary: Awakened by the Moon
Review: A fascinating account of a pioneer of children's literature. This book provides a great deal of insight into the personal and professional dealings of children's book publishing in the earliest days. Margaret seems to have been a woman ahead of her time in many ways and quite a character herself. A very entertaining and well researched book.
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Summary: An excellent read:
Review: An absorbing book that provides a fascinating, respectful biography of Brown, as well as an intriguing history of the Golden Age of children's publishing. Finely written and well documented.
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Summary: Put to sleep by the book
Review: Awakened by the Moon is a somewhat interesting account of the life and times of Margaret Wise Brown but it drags itself down in minute details. It could have moved along a little faster but it is essentially an interesting read. Just don't expect a page-turner.
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Summary: Worthy Subject, Forgettable Biography
Review: It's no small task to create an enchanting picture of an adored figure in children's literature. Unfortunately, Leonard Marcus was not up to the challenge. The biography is too linear, too literal, and written too much like a graduate school study. Still, the segment about her studies at Bank Street College of Education (I'm a grad) was interesting, as was the description of her evolving sense of child development as it affected her story crafting.
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Summary: Thoughtfully written
Review: Thoughtfully written biography of an intriguing woman author. All the "interesting" details present without dropping into lurid. Many would consider this a "dry" reading book, but in the context of that specific time in US history she really broke ground, both professionally and personally.
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Summary: Thoughtfully written
Review: Thoughtfully written biography of an intriguing woman author. All the "interesting" details present without dropping into lurid. Many would consider this a "dry" reading book, but in the context of that specific time in US history she really broke ground, both professionally and personally.
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