![]() ![]() ![]() Brown’s papers, along with the library’s collection of her books, comprise one of the most comprehensive collections of Margaret Wise Brown materials in the country. ![]() The Margaret Wise Brown Collection is housed in the Special Collections Department at Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University. Fortunately for researchers and aficionados of children’s literature, Brown’s legacy of innovation has been preserved at her alma mater, Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia. In fact, she also broke the mold of what was being written for children during the 1930s and 1940s. Margaret Wise Brown was “the first author of picture books to be recognized in her own right … the first author to make the writing of picture books an art.” The Margaret Wise Brown Collection at Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University ![]()
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