goodnight moon by margaret wise brown summary

The words are particularly soothing, quiet and gently calming - even as an adult I found that just reading through them almost lulled me to sleep. In those days no one would have frowned at the animal-skin rug (it would have been aspirational) and my distaste is a modern sensitivity.

It's 68 years since Goodnight Moon was first published and much of what we see in the pictures I remember from my own childhood - the open fire in the bedroom, the rocking chair and small garments airing on a clothes horse. You might like to concentrate on the kittens who are wreaking havoc with the old lady's ball of wool, whilst glossing over the animal skin at the side of the bed! Watch the progression of the moon in the pictures, as it rises steadily higher, see the hands of the clocks move on and notice that even the kittens seem ready to go to sleep - willing the old lady to move so that they can curl up on her chair. There's plenty to look at in all the pictures: you could even play 'spot the mouse in the pictures of the room. You get the idea? We're moving through the objects one by one in gentle rhyme before we start to say goodnight to them all.

There are the pictures on the walls (from nursery rhymes and fairy tales), a couple of kittens, a pair of mittens, a doll's house and a young mouse, a comb and a brush and a bowl of mush as well as a quiet old lady who was whispering hush. Before Bunny goes to sleep he's going to look at them all and then say goodnight to each of them. It's a big room, painted green ( very green) and with lots of things scattered around. Summary: First published 65 years ago it's a classic way of settling children down to sleep.īunny was cosily tucked up in bed.

Goodnight moon by margaret wise brown summary