A Child's Good Night Book: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner

by Margaret Wise Brown

Book Overview

Night is coming and small things without words are going to sleep . . . sleepy bunnies, sleepy birds, and sleepy children, too, are getting under their covers. "Jean Charlot's illustrations are first-rate." --NYT. Barbara Bader called this 1943 book, now restored to its original size and format, "the first of the true bedtime books."

1944 Caldecott Honor Book

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060210281
• ISBN13: 9780060210281
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 6.4"
• Age Range: 4 years and under
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Beautiful in other languages, too.

I have just read the Korean version of this simply lovely book which I had not known about earlier. The illustrations are gentle and beautiful, and in Korean the mood is perhaps even better than in the English. I'm so glad it was translated so children elsewhere can know the comfort and beauty of Margaret Wise Brown. My girls grew up on Goodnight Moon (they are now 40 and 38) and now the 3 children of my older daughter can read Korean and will love this version. I wish Brown were still here with us to write even more beloved classics.

Perfect bedtime book

A perfect bedtime book. However it does have a little prayer at the end and a couple of illustrations at the end that include angels, so if you don't want that I wouldn't recommend this book. But I was surprised by how much I enjoy reading it and by how much my toddler likes listening to it. Definitely one of our favorites.

sweet and loving book!

this is a charming book that my daughter loves. simple and sweet.

A Child's Goodnight Book

Three generations of our family have used this book at bedtime and our current copy is taped together! A soothing, rhythmic book that talks about pussycats, kangeroos, wild things in the forest, sailboats and engines all getting quiet and sleepy. My grandson saves it as the last book to read and he falls asleep by the time we finish the little prayer at the end. A very special book indeed!