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Summary: My baby loves this book!
Review: This is the only book by baby would actually sit and listen to ever since he was about 8 months old (he is 11 months old now). We do read him other books, but this one is definetely the winner with him. He likes to play with it too. We are going to buy another copy because our first one is falling apart from the extensive usage! I personally don't know why he likes this book so much, I don't find it to be anything special, but he is the main judge here.
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Summary: Great book to mellow out the kids
Review: This is a well written children's book for the younger kids, wich a simple cadence and a comfortable, calming atmosphere.It took me a few readings to get the tempo down, but eventually I realized that this book is best read with a jazz beat to it: imagine brushes sliding over the drums in a gentle but steady rhythm... "In the great green room..." dah-dada-dah
"There was a telephone..." dah-dada-dah
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Summary: Be warned! Your kids will love this... YOU many not...
Review: I will be honest. I detest reading this book. It's boring to me. BUT, my children really like it. I can't understand the appeal, I truly can't. BUT, three kids in my house--and millions around the world--don't lie. The book must be great. I guess that's why I don't write kids books. I have no clue. :-) My children make me read this over and over and over and over again... and not just at bedtime. Any time of the day. So, buy this at your own peril! You WILL have to read the darn thing! :-)
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Summary: The perfect goodnight book
Review: I collect books for a large personal library. I read lots of reviews and select only books with wide appeal. In selecting books for my three-year-old twin granddaughters, I choose only the most frequently recommended. The girls spend the night with me once a week and I always let them choose the books they want me to read at bedtime. They choose different books each week but also ALWAYS want this one. The story is very simple but there is something so appealing about it that it has remained their favorite for the past year. They have begun reading it to me now. Therefore, it has become a cherished book for me.
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Summary: Good Night Moon
Review: I think that this book is a good book for a child. The pictures are colorful and relate well to the story. It would help a child who has a problem with sleeping and making sure things will be the same the next day, to overcome that 'fear'.
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: My husband reads this book to our 4-month-old son every night after he gets home from work. They both love it and I enjoy listening to him read this to our son. I have it memorized and I've hardly ever read it to our son. It's wonderful. I like the way it changes between black and white pages and color.
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Summary: A true childhood classic
Review: To those of us who raised our children on this book, nudging them toward sleep each night with one more, please Mommy, just one more book and please Mommy, please make it Goodnight Moon, the opening lines will always be familiar: In the great green room there was a red balloon - - - and finally there was a spoon and a brush and a bowl full of mush, and a quiet old lady whispering 'Hush.'
As you slowly turn the pages, drinking in the images, you begin to notice things. The room gets darker with each page, the hands of the clock progress. The mouse is always there, but it is sometimes hard to find him. The kittens get drowsy, and so does the bunny. There's less mush in the bowl. And most of all the moon rises; in each picture it's a little higher above the windowsill.
Simply brilliant.
Always enough to make a tired parent drowsy, for sure, and usually it works for the child, too! This classic book should be given to every first-time pregnant mom at her baby shower.
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Summary: A Favorite, Definitely
Review: I can remember being a child and having this book read to me, the lyrical sound of my mother's voice whispering 'hush' right along with the 'quiet old lady' bunny, who is ensuring that the little bunny in the story goes to bed appropriately. Now, I love the fact that I can share that experience with my daughter, and enjoy reading it to her, much the same way as it was read to me. I find the simplicity of the story, drawings and language near perfection for a 'night-time' book, and still feel a sense of 'magic' of when reading it today. I look forward to sharing this with my children for years to come.
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Summary: The quintessential bedtime book
Review: Don't listen to the one- and two-star people! "Goodnight Moon" is the quintessential bedtime book. It is worded perfectly for a relaxed pace and soothing tone from the reader, as well as a nice poetic rhythm. The little bunny in the story says goodnight to objects in the room as he goes to bed; you can continue from this book to say goodnight to objects in your child's own room. As you read, watch the moon rise and the time change on the clocks, and remember to look around the room for the mouse! I am perplexed by the reasons given by some reviewers as to why they don't like this book. As for boredom, any adult can become bored with a children's book of this level when it's read over and over and over (and over), as children of this age require of you. "Goodnight Moon" is not aimed at adults. That obvious fact being said, I have *never* been bored with this long-memorized book in four years of reading it (over and over and over), because it is so well written. One current reviewer claims there is no lyricism or poetry to the words, which left me agape -- anyone who can speak English decently well could feel the rhythm and lyricism in the text, and read it accordingly. Was she reading a different book? To the reviewer who noted the "tired catalogue of meaningless objects," remember that small children need repetition to learn -- "Read it, Papa, read it (over and over and over)!" -- and no objects are meaningless to them. They are curious about everything; it is we adults who often narrow our curiosity too much, teaching our children to do likewise. And of course, the worth of artwork is always a matter of opinion -- he is obviously a "modern art" person from his other reviews, so he knows this very well. I too like Jackson Pollock's work, but I also happen to like Clement Hurd's "shrilly colored, crudely drawn, flatly artless illustrations" in this book and would not describe them that way. The colors are bright monochrome (a bit garish) and they contrast starkly; the drawings are simple and basic: it's a valid style, and it draws the child's attention. But anyway, his recommendation of D.B. Johnson's "Henry Builds a Cabin" is great; the book looks and sounds fantastic, so I'll order it. I too look for children's books with an eye to the artistic quality of illustrations. Our older daughter (4.5) loved this book from the age of 6 months or so, and the younger (20 mos.) has too, although she loves the author's "The Runaway Bunny" better. We replaced tattered, well-loved paperbacks of both these books with the big lap edition board books which, though heavy, are great for the size of the illustrations and are virtually indestructible. The baby carries the lighter, tattered copies hither and thither, though she will heft the big ones also. "Goodnight Moon" is a wonderful book. Your child will love it.
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Summary: A must have-
Review: I have 4 kids ages 9,8,5 and 1. What a wonderful book. We are on our 2nd board book because it has been read so many times. They especially enjoy finding the little mouse. Enjoy!
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