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Summary: Picture Books Help Parents Communicate With Young Kids
Review: In our family "Goodnight Moon" has recently become a "read-every-night book." As the bunny calmly says goodnight to everything inside and outside the window, our children seem to feel a comforting sense of predictability, security and peace as they wind down for sleep. Part of our current bedtime ritual also includes pointing out the mouse in each color illustration. My husband and I enjoy reading books with our two sons, ages 3 and 5. Many are simply for pure fun and enjoyment together. However, we have also found that some books serve as a wonderful opportunity for us to continue teaching a lesson about our family rules and values. We often calmly revisit a situation with our boys, away from the heat of the moment of their embarrassing angry behavior (by reading "Elbert's Bad Word" or "How Are You Peeling?"; or we may wish to prepare ahead of time for a situation (by reading "Daddy, Will You Miss Me?"). When we are unsure of the appropriate words to use, a book can ofte! n get the point or lesson across to a young child in just the right way. Sometimes, the text or pictures can encourage the child to ask questions or make comments, thereby giving you a clearer sense of his understanding. Then you can focus further discussion as needed. We found an awesome annotated listing of excellent books to read with 2- to 5-year-olds in "The Pocket Parent". This pocket-sized A-Z compendium addresses many hot-button subjects and includes more than 100 recommended picture books to broach sensitive or worrisome issues with your preschoolers--such as Anger, Bedtime, Bad Words, Biting, Death, Gimmes, "I Hate You's", Lying, Mealtime, Morning Crazies, The New Baby, Strangers, Thumb sucking, Tantrums, Whining and more. Reading appropriate books, like "Goodnight Moon", is definitely one effective way to establish comforting routines with the children while keeping lines of communication open to discuss concerns and solve problems together when needed.
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Summary: A Wonderful First Book
Review: My daughter received 3 copies of Goodnight Moon when she was born. This was my first clue that Goodnight Moon is a special book. We now have 3 children (and about 5 copies), they have all loved this book. I have such fond memories of all of my babies sitting on my lap as I read this book to them, so I just can't recommend Goodnight Moon highly enough.
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Summary: Wonderful--a classic not to be missed!
Review: Goodnight Moon--another one of those books that absorbs you into the world of great children's literature. The quiet repetition and soulful story telling will have you begging for "just one more book" at your baby's bedtime!
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Summary: Great book
Review: My little boy got this for his first birthday. It is must for the young reader!! It is simple and easy to follow, the pictures are very bright and fun to look at. We read this book everyday and i think he loves it more everytime. He is now 16m old and points to things in the pic for me to tell him what it is. This is a great book- a true classic !!! A great going to bed book!
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Summary: Fun to Read Together
Review: As a former elementary school teacher, I knew all of the popular books out there. This one, however, slipped by me until I received it as a gift for my baby shower. I proudly displayed it among all of my daughter's books and didn't think much of it the first time I read it. I knew it was a classic, but I didn't see what was so exciting until my 12 month old began to request it be read each and every night. At 18 months we are still reading it every night...only she helps out by reading several words! We have memorized the book by now and know that it will forever be one of our favorites. We love it so much that we give it to everyone we know who is having a baby. This is a definite must have for any child's collection.
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Summary: Not as good as I thought it would be.
Review: I was looking for books for my 4 month old and this book kept popping up as a great book. The pictures are tiny and it's really kinda dumb. My daughter seems to react to the "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" book allot more. It has big colorful pictures and she gets excited and shakes when I turn the pages.
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Summary: the BEST book for kids
Review: This is a great book. The reading is easy and it reads like a melody. The pictures are bright, but not jarring... the images relaxing. The book is like sleep should be... relaxing and solid.I would strongly advise getting the board book. Its a good book for little children and regular pages dont hold up well with the little ones...and this one stands up to repeated readings.
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Summary: We are on our seond copy of this classic!
Review: My older children loved this book so much that the first copy is worn out and I had to buy a second copy for my third child. Easy to memorize text and few words per page make it fun and easy to read to kids.
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Summary: Close to Immortal, But No Cigar
Review: Although this book has some pretty graphic drawings reminiscent of Paul Rand, in nice primary colors, I found the characters to be rather one-dimensional. Their development is entirely absent, and even a method actor couldn't find their motivation. For example, why don't the cats and kittens devour the rabbits? This book is divided into two sections, which do segue into each other nicely. There is the "before bed" first act, and then the denouement, in which the protagonists sharing their cozy middle class abode wish each other "goodnight." I found Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey Into Night" to be a more thought-provoking and cathartic study on a similar theme. However, "Goodnight Moon" is prescient in that it is a harbinger to many of the plots of the 1970s television series, "The Waltons."
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Summary: One of our first books
Review: I am lucky in that my 17 month old daughter has always loved story books. Goodnight Moon is one of her favorites. When she was nine months old our pediatrician recommended we start her on a bed time schedule. Every night for months we read this book as the last step before bed. The tone is soothing and the pictures are calming. Every once in a while she will bring me something else to read, but almost every time it is Goodnight Moon. There is a reason this book is a classic and is still so popular today. I make sure every new mother I know has a copy.
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