Author Information
Marcia Brown's Latest Book

Newest Release

  • Bibliography:
    7 Books
  • First Book:
    February 1947
  • Latest Book:
    December 2011
  • Author Rating:
  • Share:

Book List in Order: 7 titles



  • Three soldiers came marching down the road towards a French village. The peasants, seeing them coming, suddenly became very busy, for soldiers are often hungry. So all the food was hidden under mattresses or in barns. There followed a battle of wits,...



    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy

    Dick Whittington and His Cat is Marcia Brown's tale of Dick Whittington, a character in a British folklore, very loosely based on Richard Whittington.The well-loved tale of the London waif whose cat's prowess as a ratter results in Dick's becoming a ...



    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy

    A magical adaptation Charles Perrault’s French classic that has been translated and illustrated by Marcia Brown, earning her the Caldecott Medal as well as the love of children everywhere. Even in rags, Cinderella is a hundred times more beautiful ...



    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy

    Marcia Brown retells an Indian fable from the Hitopadesa in this Caldecott Medalâ€"winning tale of a mouse who becomes a tiger.When a small mouse’s life is threatened by large jungle predators, a kindly hermit uses magic to change him into a cat, a...



  • Marcia Brown retells an Indian fable from the Hitopadesa in this Caldecott Medal–winning tale of a mouse who becomes a tiger.When a small mouse’s life is threatened by large jungle predators, a kindly hermit uses magic to change him into ...



  • Marcia Brown’s powerful retelling of the story of Paka’a and his son Ku-a-Paka’a conveys the beauty and pomp of ancient Hawaii and recreates a life and culture of days now past. IIN this legend a brave young boy endeavors to r...



  • Shadow lives in the forest... It goes forth at night to prowl around the fires. It even likes to mingle with the dancers... Shadow... It waves with the grasses, curls up at the foot of trees... But in the African experience Shadow is much...




Award-Winning Books by Marcia Brown

Cinderella
1955 Caldecott Medal -- Picture Book
Once a Mouse
1962 Caldecott Medal -- Picture Book


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Marcia Brown has published 7 books.

Marcia Brown does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Shadow, was published in December 2011.

The first book by Marcia Brown, Stone Soup, was published in February 1947.

No. Marcia Brown does not write books in series.