Every year, book publishers print hundreds of new picture book
             titles. Children love coming into the library or going to the
             bookstore and seeing the new books displayed. Yet, they will still
             gravitate to the wonderful old classics: Curious George, Berenstain
             Bears, Caps for Sale, Corduroy, Where the Wild Things Are and Dr.
             Seuss. Good Night Moon written by Margaret Wise Brown and
             illustrated by Clement Hurd surely will be on this list for years to
             The theme of Good Night Moon is very simple: A bunny, who is being
             put to bed by a "mother/grandmotherly" rabbit bids goodnight to each
             familiar thing in his moonlit room in order to postpone going to sleep. He
             even says good night to the air! The rhymes, which correspond to the bright
             primary colors, are very soothing for babies and toddlers but also are
             remembered and repeated by children even up to the ages of 8 or 9. ""In the
             great green room There was a telephone And a red balloon And a
             picture of-- The cow jumping over the moon."
             The joy of Brown's books comes from the fact that she knows children
             so well. What boy or girl has not tried to delay going to sleep' Most young
             children enjoy saying goodnight to anything and everything as long as it
             prolongs final bedtime. Brown also knows the joy of being a
             parent/grandparent and adds subtle humor by even saying goodnight to the
             "quiet old lady whispering hush." Many adults can remember their parent
             saying, "Enough already. Go to sleep."
             But the book extends beyond the simple rhymes and story. Going
             through the pages, time progresses shown in the increasing darkness of the
             room, the moving clock hands, the rising moon, and the decreasing movement
             clocks advance in 10-minute increments as the full moon rises appropriately
             in the evening through the window. There is also a steady movement toward
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