Brown, Ruth

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BROWN, Ruth

BROWN, Ruth. British, b. 1941. Genres: Children's fiction. Career: Author and illustrator, 1979-. Publications: FOR CHILDREN SELF-ILLUSTRATED: Crazy Charlie, 1979; A Dark, Dark Tale, 1981; If at First You Do Not See, 1982; The Grizzly Revenge, 1983; The Big Sneeze, 1985; Our Cat Flossie, 1986; Our Puppy's Holiday, 1987, in the US as Our Puppy's Vacation; Ladybird, Ladybird, 1988, in the US as Ladybug, Ladybug; I Don't Like It!, 1989; The World That Jack Built, 1990; The Four-Tongued Alphabet: An Alphabet Book in Four Languages, 1991, in the US as Alphabet Times Four: An International ABC; The Picnic, 1992; One Stormy Night, 1992; Copycat, 1994; (Reteller) Greyfriars Bobby, 1995, in the US as The Ghost of Greyfriar's Bobby, 1996; The Tale of the Monstrous Toad, 1996, in the US as Toad, 1997; Baba, 1997, in the US as Cry Baby; Ruth Brown's Mad Summer Night's Dream, 1998; The Shy Little Angel, 1998. Illustrator of books by J. Miles, B. Parker, M. Harris, F. Zeissl, J. Herriot, J. Willis, F. Thomas, T. Forward, H. Oram. Address: Andersen Press Ltd, Random House, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 2SA, England.

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