Rating:  Summary: Goodnight friends Review: Its really rather strange in a way. I read this for a friend of mine who was having trouble sleeping and I found that the story has power to relax us all no matter what age. From my nepher at 1 1/2 to my friend at 25 the simple beauty of this book stays with us. Good night all
Rating:  Summary: Just Wonderful Review: I read that "Goodnight Moon" was a great book for bedtime. I discovered it was just fabulous. My daughter, who is two and four months old, absolutely loves this goodnight book. She knows practically all the words and we read it everynight.
Rating:  Summary: The perfect bedtime book Review: At the risk of sounding redundant, "Goodnight Moon" succeeds in entrancing every toddler (and every toddler's parent) who sees and hears it. Unlike many other books suitable for children at an early linguistic level, "Goodnight Moon" manages to capture both adult and child in its charms. The repetitive structure never bores, as it constantly surprises with its rhymes and subjects (I still laugh at the blank page where it goes "Goodnight nobody"). My daughter is now three, and she isn't quite as excited by the book as she was when she started hearing it at one, and when she insisted on it every night when she was two, but she still likes to take it out every once in awhile. I still love "Goodnight Moon," however, and look forward to reading it to my next child, and to my grandchildren. I only wish my mother had known about this book when I was a child!
Rating:  Summary: A 2-Year Old's Pleaser Review: I sent this to my 2-1/2 yr old granddaughter. She loves it. Her Mom or Dad reads it to her every night at her insistance and she had it memorized within the week. It must have been the first time she had heard a story being told in rhyming poetry. By the time she recites to the end of the story she's (almost) ready for bed. Grandma was a hit with this little treasure of a present.
Rating:  Summary: a yawner (and I don't mean that positively) Review: I hate to be a grouch, but I don't understand what all the fuss is about. The storyline is OK, but the illustrations are COMPLETELY uninspired and uninspiring. We almost never pull this one off the shelf. For a wonderful night time read, I suggest "Time for Bed" by Mem Fox.
Rating:  Summary: A classic Review: I have my copy of this book since I was a baby when my father read my brother and me to sleep. It is worn down and old, some of the pages are torn, the corners frayed with age...and yet, it is a token of my childhood that I will never give up. This is a must have for any child and parent...it is a memory that will last forever...it is the bedtime story you will memorize from the day you are brought home until the day your grandchild reads it to you.
Rating:  Summary: It's More Than A Picture Book Review: "Goodnight Moon" is a magical time with your children. And that all depends on how you are reading the story. As rabbit begins his journey to sleep so does our journey into his room. We begin with reading in a normal volume and point out where the moon is in the window and always ask "Where's the mouse?" As the rabbit's room darkens our voices become softer and softer until we are whispering for our children to notice the postion of the moon, the growing darkness in the "great, green room," and always whispering "Where's the mouse?" This is one of those all time childhood favorites that we read with as much drama as my grandmother put into the story when she read "Goodnight Moon" to me back in the early sixties. As a child it drew me to comforting sleep and I always delighted in finding that tiny creature in the pages of the room when my grandmother asked "Where's the mouse?" Your children too will someday ask their children "Where's the mouse?"
Rating:  Summary: Goodnight Moon Is A Must Have Review: I teach kindergarten and love to read children's stories. My class of four and five year olds are always impatient and can't sit still long enough to listen to most stories. However, they love this book. The story is engaging and the text is simple. It's a wonderful book to read before nap time.
Rating:  Summary: Simple and enchanting Review: "In the great green room, there was a telephone and red balloon . . ." This was the first book that I read to my daughter. She continued to enjoy it until she was two and a half years old, and now, at the ripe old age of four, although she has advanced to books of much greater complexity, she still asks for it from time to time. Goodnight Moon is quietly entertaining, from the simple, rhythmic text (which lends itself more to chanting than to reading) to the marvelous illustrations of the strangely soothing "great green room" which grow darker as the story progresses and the bunny gets closer bed time. As your child grows older, he or she will enjoy finding the elusive baby mouse on each of the colored illustrations. The appeal of this book is somewhat inexplicable, but it is both timeless and enchanting.
Rating:  Summary: My kid loves it! Review: I don't get it, I think the book is dull with it's colors and illustrations, but my child loves the book and reads it to herself a lot. Gotta get it!
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