Goodnight+Moon

Goodnight Moon Book Review by: Elana Dyzenhaus


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__ Goodnight Moon __ By Margaret Wise Brown Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books ( September 2001) Illustrator: Clement Hurd Hardcover ISBN-13: 9780694016754

Reading level: Ages 3 and up Page Numbers: 34 pages

Margaret Wise Brown was born on May 23, 1910 in Brooklyn, N.Y. She died on November 13, 1952. She wrote one of the most well known children's books, Goodnight Moon. She wrote other well known books such as __The Runaway Bunny and The Color Kittens__. She wrote hundreds of books during her life time. She loved animals so many of her books were based on animals or had animals in them. She died over 55 years ago but her books are still read commonly today.
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The book is about a bunny who says goodnight to everything in his room. He says, " goodnight room, goodnight moon", " goodnight clocks and goodnight socks." The book is full of rhymes and illustrations. The first page she describes the room and when you turn the page you get to see the picture of the room.The book is written as poetry with simple lines for young readers. Every other page is black and white. The books allowed the students to use their imagination before turning the page to see what comes next.
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This book is great for younger students and also for parents looking for a bedtime story. This is a great way to bring poetry into a classroom. This book shows students what rhyming is. It also allowed them to use their imagination and think creatively because they have to imagine the room before turning the page. This book is great for kindergarteners as a first introduction to poetry. It also teaches children about a bedtime.
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The illustrations in the book are great. The illustrations are extremely important in this book because at first there are none. The first page we just see the first four lines of the poem in black and white. Once you turn the page you see the illustration. This is done to allow children to use their imagination and think about what they think the room would look like. Also some of the pictures are in black and white and some are in color. This is done on purpose. This is a great touch to the book. Also, the bunny says goodnight to the objects in his room so this shows us who he is talking to.
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