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Children’s Book Review: Goodnight Moon

May 18, 2012 By Heather Leave a Comment

Goodnight Moon
by Margaret Wise Brown
Paperback, 32 pages
Published September 25, 2007
by Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 0590092421
Book Source: bought
4 Stars
Book Overview: In this classic of children’s literature, beloved by generations of readers and listeners, the quiet poetry of the words and the gentle, lulling illustrations combine to make a perfect book for the end of the day. Full color.
Hones’ Review: Goodnight Moon is definitely a classic to share with every child.  The rhyming text is fun for children to try and complete the sentences.  It is also good for little ones to try and point out the objects which the bunny is wishing goodnight. My four-year old fills in the blanks when I pause while reading, and my almost two-year old loves to look for each item. They both enjoy looking for where the mouse is hiding throughout the book.
Recommended for ages 1-5. 
About the Author:  Margaret Wise Brown wrote hundreds of books and stories during her life, but she is best known for Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny. Even though she died nearly 60 years ago, her books still sell very well.

Margaret loved animals. Most of her books have animals as characters in the story. She liked to write books that had a rhythm to them. Sometimes she would put a hard word into the story or poem. She thought this made children think harder when they are reading.

She wrote all the time. There are many scraps of paper where she quickly wrote down a story idea or a poem. She said she dreamed stories and then had to write them down in the morning before she forgot them.

She tried to write the way children wanted to hear a story, which often isn’t the same way an adult would tell a story. She also taught illustrators to draw the way a child saw things. One time she gave two puppies to someone who was going to draw a book with that kind of dog. The illustrator painted many pictures one day and then fell asleep. When he woke up, the papers he painted on were bare. The puppies had licked all the paint off the paper.

Margaret died after surgery for a bursting appendix while n France. She had many friends who still miss her. They say she was a creative genius who made a room come to life with her excitement. Margaret saw herself as something else – a writer of songs and nonsense.

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