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Margaret Wise Brown, Goodnight Moon (1947)

Margaret Wise Brown, Goodnight Moon (1947) (071.00.00)

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This bedtime story has been a favorite of young people for generations, beloved as much for its rhyming story as for its carefully detailed illustrations by Clement Hurd. Millions have read it (and had it read to them). Goodnight Moon has been referred to as the perfect bedtime book.
This bedtime story has been a favorite of young people for generations, beloved as much for its rhyming story as for its carefully detailed illustrations by Clement Hurd. Millions have read it (and had it read to them). <em>Goodnight Moon</em> has been referred to as the perfect bedtime book.