Goodnight Moon, 60th Anniversary Edition

by Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd
Goodnight Moon, 60th Anniversary Edition
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12,723 ratings, 4.35 average rating, 888 reviews (more data...)
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September 1st 2005 (first published 1947) by HarperCollins

binding
Hardcover, 32 pages

isbn
0060775858    (isbn13: 9780060775858)

description
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 po...more




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Rosieface
03/21/08
Rosieface rated it: 4 of 5 stars

recommends it for: children
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Jessica
11/13/08
Jessica rated it: 1 of 5 stars

why do people like this book? finding the little mouse on each page is fun, but other than that it's just a dumb book. there is a lame attempt to rhyme...sometimes. there's no rhythm. i don't get it.
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Benjamingibbs
03/15/08
Benjamingibbs rated it: 5 of 5 stars

The baby bunny is oddly unengaged with a temperamental grandma bunny as he (or she) watches the room grow darker (even though the moon rises). Despite these inconsistencies and occasional strange reading cadences (goodnight nobody? what does that mean), I would recommend book to anyone interested in going to bed at night and suffers from separation anxiety with inanimate objects.
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kristen
08/14/07
kristen rated it: 5 of 5 stars

have you ever had a feeling that you were staring at a glimpse of your future? every time i recite this story to my kids (for i have read it so many times i have it memorized), i can tell it's one that i'll read to my grandkids and get a little teary-eyed with remembrance of how little my boys used to be, and how this book calmed them. it's very simple; the entire thing is probably shorter than this paragraph i am writing. but i've always maintained it's in how you read it, not necessarily th...more
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John Beeler
bookshelves: sharedwithcosi
What is about this book that haunts me? Is it the deep sense of emptiness? That the room stays the same, but objects move and light slowly fades into dark? That the narrator has no connection at all with the only other "human," the old lady whispering hush?

Or is that that the narrator says goodnight to "nobody," that as we go outside her room, we see only stars - no people, no cities. It's as if this little bunny is the last one on earth, and is being watched by ...more
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Matt
11/30/08
Matt rated it: 5 of 5 stars

I have read this to my daughter since she was two months old. She is now 20 months old going on 21 months and I have to say that I grown to appreciate this book. This is not only due to the enjoyment she gets or because the little rabbit procrastinates going to bed like my little one does. No, like all great children's literature, this book has a couple of layers. I enjoy this book because I think it's about a child's version of death. I'm not crazy - promise! Maybe it's the perplexing Old Lady ...more
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Rich
12/10/08
Rich rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Read in August, 2007
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Tortla
04/27/08
Tortla rated it: 5 of 5 stars

bookshelves: animals, chidderbooks
I think I need to re-read this. People's reviews make it sound wonderfully disturbing. Perhaps many children's books are like this when read by a non-child. Perhaps that's the point. But I never really thought of this little book as much more than an obvious ploy to get kids to fall asleep by reading it to them...what with the repeated "goodnight" and the weirdly color-saturated pictures and the lack of...plot. But maybe the obvious ploy was part of a larger (less obvious) ploy to get ...more
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Belinda
bookshelves: children
recommends it for: kids with no concept of boring-ness or bad poetry
Look, I KNOW this has become a children's classic, and that it's much-beloved by many who grew up having it read to them. We had it for Bella when she was really little. Fortunately, we didn't have to read it to her very often, because SHE didn't like it. It didn't hold her attention--and who could blame her? Stacked up next to Where The Wild Things Are, this thing does not stand a chance. The "poem" in it doesn't adhere to any consistent meter or rhyme scheme...I think it's jus...more
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Morning Star
02/20/09
Morning Star rated it: 4 of 5 stars

bookshelves: children
We have read this book over and over so many times throughout so many years that it had become part of our family's young years' tradition at bedtime. Oh happy memories.
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Rob
01/06/09
Rob rated it: 2 of 5 stars

bookshelves: children-s
My wife makes fun of me, but this book drives me nuts! Who says goodnight to a bowl of mush!?
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Evan
12/23/08
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this book got me through some tough times.
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Michael Grogan
04/02/09
Michael Grogan rated it: 1 of 5 stars

Read in January, 1999
I came across this “classic” today and…well…where do I begin? The back cover advises that this “is the perfect first book to share with a child.” My family agreed so I had to read this inane “story” every night to my son until I was able to locate significantly better board books. That is, until I made it to the local bookshop and grabbed any and everything that wasn’t Goodnight Moon. Ten years later, my son disdains books and, upon rediscovering this, I now know why. Now I und...more
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Sri
11/24/08
Sri rated it: 3 of 5 stars

bookshelves: children
Read in November, 2008
Bintang tiga dari aku yang sudah bukan anak-anak lagi. Kalau membaca review buku ini di Goodreads, pada umumnya disebutkan kalau anak-anak sangat menyukainya.
Mungkin karena dengan buku ini anak bisa mencocokkan kalimat dengan gambarnya, misalnya mana balon mana telepon, mana kittens mana mittens.
Trus bisa nyari-nyari tikusnya sedang di mana.
Trus kalimatnya berima.
Jadi mungkin, kalau Damar sudah bisa bahasa Inggris, dan Damar masih anak-anak Damar akan memberi lima bin...more
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Karey
10/06/07
Karey rated it: 5 of 5 stars

bookshelves: childrens-books, classics
Read in January, 1987
My dear childhood friend gave me this book when my first child was born. I read it to him long before he could understand the words, (translating, as I often did on the fly, into French). He, and my children that came after, often fell asleep to the soothing repetition of Margaret Wise Brown's words, after having had a good snuggle in my lap, quietly pointing out the familiar and simply illustrated objects in the room.
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Patty
06/03/07
Patty rated it: 5 of 5 stars (review of isbn 0694003611)

bookshelves: childrens
I think I loved this book too much and read it to my daughter EVERY night at bedtime. Twenty years later (no, I only read it every night for two years I think!) she told me she really didn't like it as much!! Let this be a lesson, mothers. Anyway, it has great images, great language, and comfort.
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Krystal
02/05/09
Krystal rated it: 5 of 5 stars

bookshelves: bridget
Author: Margaret Wise Brown

Illustrator: Clement Hurd

Genre: Fiction Picture Book

Publication Info: Harper Collins: 2005

Reading Level: Ages 4-8 Early Early

Topic/Theme: Bedtime Story/ Belongingness

Issues Addressed: Everything works together as a whole. The bunny feels connected to these things.

Classroom Uses: Read Aloud, Individual Reading

Summary: The little bunny says goodnight to everything that is ...more
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Carrie
07/28/08
Carrie rated it: 4 of 5 stars (review of isbn 0694003611)

At first I hated this book because it seemed so rediculous and the pictures aren't even that great, but my kids love it and want to read it over and over, which I guess is the sign of a good kids book.
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Cg School
06/05/09
Cg School rated it: 5 of 5 stars

This was awesome. I love this book SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...more
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Sarah
03/25/08
Sarah rated it: 2 of 5 stars

bookshelves: children-s-lit
Even as a child I didn't understand what all the hype was about. Too simple for my tastes but many hail this book as a classic.
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