Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown
Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown
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Goodnight Moon

Author: Margaret Wise Brown

Narrator: Linda Terheyden

Unabridged: 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Live Oak Media

Published: 03/30/1984

Categories: Children's Fiction


Synopsis

Before going to sleep, a little rabbit says goodnight to all his familiar possessions, as his big, green bedroom slowly darkens.

About Margaret Wise Brown

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa of Troy on August 18, 2024

Who doesn't love rhyming verse? A delightful and enchanting night-time poetry book to calm the soul. Goodnight mittens, kittens, and the red balloon! My buddy readers said 11 stars and then changed to 5 when the scale was explained. This is one of the books from James Mustich's 1,000 Books to Read Bef......more

Goodreads review by Rosieface on March 21, 2008

Goodnight, Moon is the chilling portrayal of a small child (represented, oddly enough, by a rabbit), listing the things in their bedroom and then saying goonight to them, one by one. At best, this is obvious stalling behavior by a willful child, remaining undealt with by a "programmed parent." At wor......more

Goodreads review by Sasha on June 09, 2017

Margaret Wise Brown's nihilistic classic is a howling renunciation of God, here depicted as a "quiet old lady whispering 'hush'." There is no afterlife here, no reward, no release from the crushing mundanity of life. There is only the bowl of pathetic mush, the forlorn mittens, the abandoned balloon......more

Goodreads review by James on January 20, 2020

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown is one of the books that followers of my blog voted as a must-read for our Children's Book August 2018 Readathon. Come check it out and join the next few weeks! This picture book was such a delight. I hadn't remembered reading it when I was a child, but it might......more

Goodreads review by Karen on February 21, 2024

Catching Up... Who hasn’t read this book? Raise your hand! This book has been read to my sons, my grandkids, available in my Little Free Library Shed, oh my… And yet… What is this story really about? It tells the story of a rabbit getting ready for bed. Goodnight to the toy house, a young mouse, “a comb......more