Marcia Joan Brown (born July 13, 1918 in Rochester, New York) is an American children's author and illustrator of more than 30 children's books. Until 2007 she was the only three time winner of the Caldecott Medal, the winner of 1977 Regina Medal, a six-time recipent of the Caldecott Honor, and the winner of the 1992 Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal. Many of her titles have been produced in other languages, including Afrikaans, German, Japanese, Spanish and Xhosa-Bantu. Wikipedia
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