The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown

“I love this book like life itself.”

“Groundbreaking.”

“Brave.”

“The important thing about this review is to say this picture book is great. Here and now, we say to Barnett and Jacoby: We SEE what you’ve done. You’ve paid tribute to a woman who changed picture books. Forever. You’ve acknowledged her queerness, telling readers she fell in love ‘with a woman called Michael and a man called Pebble.’ You’ve honored her words with references to such titles as Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny, The Little Fur Family, and more. . .”

“Barnett’s confiding tone draws readers in. . . then makes the case for Brown’s work.”

“It’s now clear that the librarian bunny and Mac Barnett share a common passion: advocacy for children’s free access to books. . .”

“Barnett’s assertion that it is important for children’s books to reflect the things children think of and do, is never more pressing than it is in troubled times.”