Goodnight Moon - Softcover

Wise Brown, Margaret

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1509829466 ISBN 13: 9781509829460

Publisher: Two Hoots, 2016

Synopsis

This gentle bedtime story, which has lulled generations of children to sleep, is the perfect first book to share at bedtime.

In a great green room a little bunny is tucked up snugly and safely in bed and is getting ready to say goodnight to all the familiar things in his room, one by one.

Margaret Wise Brown's comforting, rhythmical text accompanied by the warmth of Clement Hurd's classic mid-century illustrations make Goodnight Moon a timeless picture book, which is known and loved around the world. This beautiful, high quality edition is in a larger, paperback format for the first time in the UK, and features refreshed artwork and beautiful pantone printing bringing this beloved children's classic to a new generation.

This edition of Goodnight Moon includes top tips on how to get your child to fall asleep from sleep consultant, Hannah Love.

About this title

Review:

Perhaps the perfect children's bedtime book, Goodnight Moon is a short poem of goodnight wishes from a young rabbit preparing for--or attempting to postpone--his own slumber. He says goodnight to every object in sight and within earshot, including the "quiet old lady whispering hush." Clement Hurd's illustrations are simple and effective, alternating between small ink drawings and wide, brightly colored views of the little rabbit's room.

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)

Review:

The sound of the words, the ideas they convey and the pictures combine to lull and reassure, The New York Times

Rhythmic, gently lulling words combined with warm and equally lulling pictures make this beloved classic an ideal bedtime book, Christian Science Monitor

The words are like an incantation, a spell - intoxicating for children and mercifully unannoying for parents, even on the hundredth reading. To hear the opening line of Margaret Wise Brown’s Goodnight Moon - “In the great green room” - is to embark on a Proustian reverie about a calm place with the lights turned low and a child snuggling sleepily in your arms. It seems as complete as a children’s book can be., The New York Times Published On: 2017-02-16

It is inconceivable that the last line – “goodnight noises anywhere” could be uttered in anything but a whisper, by which point eyes are drooping and the Land of Nod beckons., Evening Standard - The best timeless story books for young children

About this edition

• Publisher: Two Hoots
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1509829466
• ISBN 13: 9781509829460
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Hurd Clement