Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

Goodnight Moon is one of my favorite books that I remember reading with my mother as a child. This book is one of the books that when my mother would say "pick out just a few books to read tonight before bed", I would bring this one every time. Goodnight Moon is basically a short poem that is turned into a children's book. It is about a young rabbit who is preparing to go to bed, but basically he is trying to prolong the process of getting to sleep by saying goodnight to anything and everything he can imagine. This reminds me of when I was little and kept asking my mom to tell me just one more story before I went to sleep. The little boy begins and ends with saying "Goodnight Moon". I think that every time I read this book it also makes me feel a sense of serenity and calmness. The illustrations are colorful and eye catching but also provokes a calming feeling. The illustrator goes from large colorful pictures to small ink drawings but all of them are simple pictures. I think that this book is a good book to use to create sleepy children, maybe to read before nap time in a kindergarten classroom. You can also use it for the children to look for the things that the young rabbit says goodnight to in the pictures. I think that Goodnight Moon is a very good book to establish a feeling of a safe surrounding.