Reviewers have described the book as less a story than “an incantation,” and writers on the craft of writing have labored to tease out the strands of its genius. Unlike so many children’s books, with their pat plots and clumsy didactics, it’s also one that parents can stand rereading-and not only for its soporific effect on their sons and daughters. The text she jotted down upon waking is at once both cozy and unsettling, mimicking and inducing the unmoored feeling that comes with drifting away to sleep. It has been translated into at least a dozen languages, from Spanish to Hmong, and countless parents around the world have read it to their sleepy children.Īuthor Margaret Wise Brown, subject of a new biography, based Goodnight Moon on her own childhood ritual of saying goodnight to the toys and other objects in the nursery she shared with her sister Roberta, a memory that came back to her in a vivid dream as an adult. Goodnight Moon has sold more than 48 million copies since it was published in 1947.
GradeSaver, 14 February 2019 Web.The plot could not be simpler: A young bunny says goodnight to the objects and creatures in a green-walled bedroom, drifting gradually to sleep as the lights dim and the moon glows in a big picture window. Next Section Character List Previous Section About Goodnight Moon How To Cite in MLA Format Anonymous "Goodnight Moon Summary". Will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. The reader then concludes that the narrator has fallen asleep, no longer conscious to bid farewell to anything else. The book ends solemnly by saying goodnight to the most general of things, including the stars, the air, and, finally, the noises of the room. Saying goodnight to their humble abode, the narrator wishes a very good night to the room, the moon, the cow jumping over the moon, the brushes and combs in the room, and more, not to forget the old lady knitting seen in the pictures of the book. Suddenly, the narrator has a change of heart, and decides to go to bed. The narrator of the novel continues to describe all of these things in little to no detail - readers only know the fact that they are in a little green room. The book begins by describing everything that is in the room - this includes a telephone, a balloon, a picture of a cow jumping over the moon, bears sitting in chairs, and much much more. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous
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