12 Facts About Marcia Brown

Marcia Joan Brown was an American writer and illustrator of more than 30 children's books.

Marcia Brown won three annual Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association, six Caldecott Medal honors as an illustrator, recognizing the year's best US picture book illustration, and the ALA's Children's Literature Legacy Award in 1992 for her career contribution to children's literature.

Marcia Brown was born on July 13,1918, in Rochester, New York.

Marcia Brown enrolled in the New York State College for Teachers, predecessor to the University at Albany.

Marcia Brown taught at Cornwall High School in New York City.

Marcia Brown left teaching to work in the New York Public Library's Central Children's Room.

Marcia Brown lived with her companion Janet Loranger, who was her editor.

Marcia Brown died on April 28,2015, in Laguna Hills, California; she was 96 years old.

Marcia Brown received the 1977 Regina Medal from the Catholic Libraries Association for "continued, distinguished contribution to children's literature without regard to the nature of the contribution" and the 1992 Children's Literature Legacy Award from the American Library Association for "substantial and lasting contributions to children's literature"; it was then conferred every three years.

Marcia Brown received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the SUNY Albany Alumni Association, the Distinguished Service to Children's Literature Award from the University of Southern Mississippi, and the Regina Medal from the Catholic Library Association for service to children's literature.

From 1955 to 1983, Marcia Brown won three Caldecott Medals, the annual American Library Association award to the illustrator of the year's "most distinguished American picture book for children".

Marcia Brown's books have been named Honor Books six times from 1947 to 1954.