Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown
Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown
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Goodnight Moon

Author: Margaret Wise Brown

Narrator: Hoda Kotb

Unabridged: 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 09/13/2022

Synopsis

Narrated by Hoda Kotb In this classic of children's literature, beloved by generations of readers and listeners, the quiet poetry of the words and the gentle, lulling music combine to make a perfect book for the end of the day.In a great green room, tucked away in bed, is a little bunny. ""Goodnight room, goodnight moon."" And to all the familiar things in the softly lit room—to the picture of the three little bears sitting on chairs, to the clocks and his socks, to the mittens and the kittens, to everything one by one—the little bunny says goodnight.One of the most beloved books of all time, Goodnight Moon is a must for every family.
 

About Margaret Wise Brown

Margaret Wise Brown, cherished for her unique ability to convey a child’s experience and perspective of the world, transformed the landscape of children’s literature with such beloved classics as Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny. Other perennial favorites by Ms. Brown include My World; Christmas in the Barn; The Dead Bird; North, South, East, West; and Good Day, Good Night.

About Hoda Kotb

Hoda Kotb is the Daytime Emmy Award, Edward R. Murrow Award, and duPont-Columbia Award-winning Today show co-anchor and Dateline NBC correspondent. Hoda is the author of two adult New York Times bestselling books, including Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee. Of all her accomplishments, her proudest moment is the adoption of a baby girl, Haley Joy, in February 2017. She lives in New York City with her boyfriend, Joel Schiffman.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa of Troy

Who doesn't love rhyming verse? A delightful and enchanting night-time poetry book to calm the soul. Goodnight mittens, kittens, and the red balloon! My buddy readers said 11 stars and then changed to 5 when the scale was explained. This is one of the books from James Mustich's 1,000 Books to Read Bef......more

Goodreads review by Rosieface

Goodnight, Moon is the chilling portrayal of a small child (represented, oddly enough, by a rabbit), listing the things in their bedroom and then saying goonight to them, one by one. At best, this is obvious stalling behavior by a willful child, remaining undealt with by a "programmed parent." At wor......more

Goodreads review by Alex

Margaret Wise Brown's nihilistic classic is a howling renunciation of God, here depicted as a "quiet old lady whispering 'hush'." There is no afterlife here, no reward, no release from the crushing mundanity of life. There is only the bowl of pathetic mush, the forlorn mittens, the abandoned balloon......more

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