Comments on: Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

By: Rebecca Reid

Rebecca Reid — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:06:23 +0000

Rino, I love it too!

By: Rino

Rino — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:40:35 +0000

Smallworld indeed. I ordered this “Goodnight Moon” from Amazon 10 years (more or less) for my son. We would always read it before he goes to bed.

By: Rebecca Reid

Rebecca Reid — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:37:58 +0000

Kim, Thank you! I was reading the story to my son and I decided it was something worth writing about on this site! There is so much great stuff in it!

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:39:45 +0000

This was a great post. Congratulations on being included in the Bookworms Carnival. You’re very deserving.

By: Rebecca Reid

Rebecca Reid — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:40:45 +0000

Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness), Thanks for your comment! That’s why I’m enjoying Lerer’s review of children reading because it’s a walk back into my own childhood.

By: August 2008 Carnival of Children’s Literature « The Expanding Life

August 2008 Carnival of Children’s Literature « The Expanding Life — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:44:39 +0000

[...] and read about Goodnight Moon, Oliver Finds His Way, and lots of other great books for kids and grown-ups, including Little Women [...]

By: Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness)

Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:33:01 +0000

This is a really well-written and thoughtful post; I don’t really have anything to add other than I read it and it made me smile thinking about reading books as a kid

By: Rebecca Reid

Rebecca Reid — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:45:16 +0000

Smallworld Reads and Lisa, aren’t books wonderful memories!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:13:32 +0000

You’ve quoted my favorite part of the book. My 3 year old no longer requested it, but it’s about time to pull it out for the baby. Thanks for reminding me.

By: Smallworld Reads

Smallworld Reads — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:31:55 +0000

Goodnight Moon–we read this to our 3 children every single night until they were each about 3. Well, that along with about 10 other books each night! My oldest son’s first word was “ba-oon” (pointing to the red balloon). Such sweet memories!

By: Rebecca Reid

Rebecca Reid — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:29:39 +0000

Amanda, I think my son sees me read a lot too! I’m excited to see him (hopefully) learn to love reading…

Florinda, I’d be honored if you wanted to include it!

By: Florinda

Florinda — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:57:17 +0000

If I hadn’t closed submissions for the August Bookworms Carnival, this would be a perfect fit with the theme. But I haven’t posted the Carnival yet, so I could sneak it it if you’re in agreement. Please let me know!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:56:04 +0000

Goodnight Moon was my favorite book as a child. We didn’t own it, so every other time that we went to the library, I checked it out. I used to draw the picture on the front when I wasn’t reading it.

Then, when I went to france in 1999, I brought a copy and translated it into french for the kids my host-mother babysat during the day. Ever since then, I’ve read that the old lady whispers “chut” instead of “hush.”

My kids are all intimately familiar with this one, though they’ve all outgrown it by this point. I agree that it’s so important to read to your kids, but not just that – you have to let them see you reading yourself. I used to see my kids imitating my quiet reading way before they could read. It was a different experience for them than getting read to. Kids may like people reading them stories, but unless they see that reading alone can be fun, they won’t necessarily learn to appreciate reading.