Goodnight Moon

by: Margaret Wise Brown

published: 1947 by HarperCollins

isbn13: 9780060207052

Hardcover, 32 pages

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Age: 6 years old, 1st Grade

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 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)

After Thoughts:  This is a baby book but I used to like when Mommy read it to me.  It's easy to read by myself but I still like it better when Mommy reads it to me and my brothers.  My favorite part is when Mommy reads it and she tells the old lady whispering "hush."  She always makes us laugh.   I liked reading about the three little bears sitting on chairs.  I will read it again to Alex since he is a baby still.

High Frequency Words: a, and, in, good, of, old, on, over, the, there, three, two, was, were, who