Over the Moon: A Collection of First Books; Goodnight Moon, the Runaway Bunny, and My World - Hardcover

Brown, Margaret Wise

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060761628 ISBN 13: 9780060761622

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2006

Synopsis

In the great green room, tucked away in bed, is a little bunny.

"Goodnight room goodnight moon"

Goodnight Moon is one of the most enduring and beloved children's books of all time. This classic of modern children's literature is read and reread to countless children every night worldwide. Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny, and My World together form a wonderful trio of books for any child about to embark on a lifelong love of reading. Take any child Over the Moon.

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Over the Moon In the great green room, tucked away in bed, is a little bunny."Goodnight room goodnight moon"Goodnight Moon is one of the most enduring and beloved children's books of all time. This classic of modern children's literature is read and reread to countless children every night worldwide. Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny, and My World together form a wonderful trio of books for any child about to e... Full description

About the Author:

Margaret Wise Brown, cherished for her unique ability to convey a child's experience and perspective of the world, transformed the landscape of children's literature with such beloved classics as Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny. Other perennial favorites by Ms. Brown include My World; Christmas in the Barn; The Dead Bird; North, South, East, West; and Good Day, Good Night.

Clement Hurd (1908-1988) is best known for illustrating Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny, the classic picture books by Margaret Wise Brown. He studied painting in Paris with Fernand Léger and others in the early 1930s. After his return to the United States in 1935, he began to work in children's books. He illustrated more than one hundred books, many of them with his wife, Edith Thacher Hurd, including the Johnny Lion books, The Day the Sun Danced, and The Merry Chase. A native of New York City, he lived most of his life in Vermont and California.

Clement Hurd (1908-1988) se graduó de Yale University. Estudió pintura en París en los años 1930 con Fernand Léger, entre otros. Allí fue donde desarrolló su estilo característico, compuesto de colores de fuerte contraste. Hurd estuvo casado con la escritora Edith Thacher Hurd, con quien también creó muchos libros que se convirtieron en favoritos de los niños.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0060761628
• ISBN 13: 9780060761622
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 108
• Illustrator: Hurd Clement