Silly, disjointed text, average illustrations
Good night moon (children’s picture book) by Margaret Wise Brown
Book on Amazon | My review on Amazon
2 out of 5 stars
Reviewed Jul 27, 2008
I got the book for my 4 yr old and 2 yr old – but neither of them like it much. My husband and I don’t like reading it either, and here’s why:
The text is quite disjoint, like bits and pieces of other fairy tales and nursery rhymes put together. It seems like the author has just put down random things together – there’s no rhyme (literally!) or reason for any of the pages. It does not flow lyrically.
The only interesting aspect is the black and white illustrations on some of the pages. This offers a striking contrast to the color illustrations. However, the whole book has not been put together well, and the quality of illustrations is just so-so. So the impact of the b&w is also pointless.
Compared to other wonderful books like the “Hungry Caterpillar” or “Ten Little Lady Bugs” or “The Firefly’s First Flight” which we all really love, this book definitely is not worth having in the childrens’ bookshelf.
I seem to be among the minority in disliking this book on Amazon – perhaps I am not seeing something that others are.. But hey! this is truly my opinion!
