Synopses & Reviews
Celebrate
75 years with this beloved classic from Margaret Wise Brown and Garth
Williams. This sturdy board book features a soft, brown, furry tummy on
the cover for little ones to touch and feel!
Little Fur Family tells the story of a little fur child's
day in the woods with his family. 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.
Garth Williams's soft illustrations join Margaret Wise Brown's
rhythmic text to create a gentle lullaby that is sure to comfort and
delight readers. Cuddle up with this timeless, classic story!
Review
"...this sleepy-time story, with its lovely, quiet text about a little fur
child and his happy day, has the exquisitely colored and detailed
pictures by Garth Williams — deep, green woods, sunny streams and house." Kirkus Reviews
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 My World; Christmas in the Barn; The Dead Bird; North, South, East, West; and Good Day, Good Night.
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).