In 1996, the New York Public Library, which did not add the book to its own collection until 1972, included "Goodnight Moon" on its Books of the Century list. Today, "Goodnight Moon" has sold a total ...

Once upon a time there was...A telephone. A red balloon. A comb and a brush, and bowl full of mush. Not much of a story, you say? So said Anne Carroll Moore, the children's librarian at the New York ...

Without mystery, hero, handsome prince or fairy godmother — Goodnight Moon has now lulled millions of children to sleep, in more than two dozen languages, for 75 years. Written by Margaret Wise Brown, ...

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Published in 1947, Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, with illustrations by Clement Hurd, remains a treasured bedtime ...

It’s the first book many babies receive as a gift, and one of the few that parents will keep when their child is grown. Why does this 75-year-old story have such staying power? Credit... Supported by ...

Bruce Handy, in his 2017 book about children’s literature, “Wild Things,” confesses that he always imagined the writer Margaret Wise Brown to be a dowdy old lady “with an ample lap”—just like the ...

Remember the joy involved in reading Goodnight Moon at bedtime? The cozy green room, the big red balloon, the little old lady whispering "hush?" Well, get ready to relive that magic IRL, because the ...

Step into the Goodnight Moon Suite at the Sheraton Boston Hotel, and you’ll find the green walls, red carpet, dollhouse, glowing fireplace, and, hanging over the mantel, the picture of a cow jumping ...

Interior of the Goodnight Moon Suite at the Sheraton Boston. Step into the Goodnight Moon Suite at the Sheraton Boston Hotel, and you’ll find the green walls, red carpet, dollhouse, glowing fireplace, ...

Samara clutches PinkPony as we stand in line at the airlock. In our rush to leave, I’d nearly forgotten the threadbare stuffed horse. Samara would never have forgiven me. I doubt Chad would’ve, either ...