Goodnight Moon

Finding all of the items mentioned throughout the book within the pictures is a good bedtime activity--a reappearing little mouse is particularly pesky. By the end of the little rabbit's goodnight poem, the story has quieted to a whisper, and the drawings have darkened with nightfall. As you turn the last page, you can expect a sleepy smile and at least a yawn or two. (Picture book)

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Beloved children's book by Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd

Now, of course, she's a big girl and says it's a "baby book". However, it's still by her bed and I've overheard her "reading" it to herself or to her baby brother many times. It's an excellent choice for a baby you love.


Once you have a child to read this to, you will understand!   December 23, 1999
 41 out of 47 found this review helpful

Until I started reading to my older son, I didn't really understand what was this book's unique hold on people was. However, from my first reading to him, I did! There must be something magical about this book and the way children love it. It's very comforting to them, with the easy to memorize lines and the gentle arrival in the great green room of nighttime. However, it's also full of little details for them to notice and delight in--the hidden mouse, the dollhouse with lights on, the pictures on the wall. It's the perfect book to start kids "reading" themselves---leave out the crucial word in a line and wait for them to say it---"a bowlful of...." "MUSH!", they scream with delight! And they all love the "Goodnight Nobody" page best---I think it really gets kids thinking in a philosophical way---How can you say Goodnight to Nobody? This book is a true, true gem and belongs in every library.


Perfect Gift   May 23, 2007
 13 out of 14 found this review helpful

Goodnight Moon" fulfills two very powerful needs to small children - to keep their mothers close to their sides as long as possible and to make closure on their day by telling each object goodnight. It is a poetic and soothing book helping babies and parents to calm down and go to bed. This charming story of a young rabbit's bedtime ritual invokes the kind of cozy quiet that invites the peaceful security of pleasant dreams. This book is a "must have" for any parent of a young child. Add to it "Why Some Cats are Rascals, Book 1" and you have a perfect birthday package. You might also want to cosider Corduroy , The Giving Tree, and Love You Forever


The perfect bedtime book   July 22, 2000
 65 out of 84 found this review helpful

At the risk of sounding redundant, "Goodnight Moon" succeeds in entrancing every toddler (and every toddler's parent) who sees and hears it. Unlike many other books suitable for children at an early linguistic level, "Goodnight Moon" manages to capture both adult and child in its charms. The repetitive structure never bores, as it constantly surprises with its rhymes and subjects (I still laugh at the blank page where it goes "Goodnight nobody"). My daughter is now three, and she isn't quite as excited by the book as she was when she started hearing it at one, and when she insisted on it every night when she was two, but she still likes to take it out every once in awhile. I still love "Goodnight Moon," however, and look forward to reading it to my next child, and to my grandchildren. I only wish my mother had known about this book when I was a child!


Utter Security   February 10, 2002
 6 out of 6 found this review helpful

Some books become experiences in themselves, and as any parent who cherishes this book can tell you, "Goodnight Moon" is one of those books.

The lush illustrations, full of detail and delight, give us a good view of the bunny's room as he gets ready to say goodnight and go to sleep. At the beginning of the story, his room is still light. Bunny is protracting the bedtime like any self-respecting toddler--in his case, he is saying "goodnight" to every single object in his room.

My children and I read this in a cadence that became part of the book. They chanted it along with me, and never tired of finding the elusive mouse, whose whereabouts change from page to page. We all said goodnight to everything in the room together--the comb and the brush and the bowl of mush were huge favorites.

Finally, the room darkens, the bunny's eyes start to close, and hopefully, one's own children are in the same condition. I love this book, as do my children, and hopefully when the time comes, their children will as well.