Are you familiar with the children's book Good Night Moon?

[lynn]

I gave the board book along with several others to d's and fiance.  At the shower my sister showed me "Good Night Moon 15 years Later" I was tearing up as I read it because my youngest ds is leaving in a few weeks.  I showed it to one of the ladies but first asked if she knew the children's book and I was quite shocked she had not.    I guess I assumed most everyone was familiar with the children's book.

Grab a tissue.  I found the 15 years later.  

Hope this link works.

https://m.facebook.com/imightbefunny/photos/a.358988234550470/522696908179601/?type=3&source=48

Edited September 9, 2018 by lynn

[school17777]

One of my favorite books from my childhood and one I enjoyed reading to my children.  

Because there’s not much words,you can read it fast if you want to, or you can drag it out by discussing the pictures. 

[HollyDay]

I remember reading this to my dc

[Lori D.]

That's a funny teen parody. (:D

We still have our copy of Good Night Moon, tucked in the box of toddler books. I always enjoyed reading it, but I also really laughed when reading this blog article: "All My Issues With Good Night Moon Bedroom". 

Edited September 9, 2018 by Lori D.

[Robin M]

One of my favorite books and loved reading with my kiddo, perusing the pictures, pointing out the mouse on each page. Can be a fast read but we dragged it out more often than not. ?

[lavender's green]

I read it to my kids all the time and often see it at baby showers. We even have the game version!

Love the parody!

Re the blog post, I always thought the bunny was visiting Grandma Bunny (I've never heard of a mom described as a little old woman) who lives in a one-room cottage, like the bunnies at the end of Runaway Bunny.  That doesn't excuse the color choices, though!

[MEmama]

The MIT bookshop carries a collection of hilarious (and so much better than the original) Goodnight Moon parodies like Goodnight Lab.

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/goodnight-lab-chris-ferrie/1125813466?ean=9781492656173#/

 

 

 

[Farrar]

I actually have the copy from my own childhood.

I like all the parodies of it. That was sweet.

[RootAnn]

We had funny noises on each page like when the mush would say, "Eat me." 

The 15 yrs later doesn't touch me as my boys aren't old enough to be teenagers yet. My girl's rooms at their worst just never approached that level, thankfully. (The boys' room already has a stench though.) 

[barnwife]

I'll be the odd man out. I've certainly heard of it; I've even read it to me children. But to say it's not a book I enjoy is a gross understatement.

[katilac]

I would assume every parent knows it, too. It's like you can't bring the baby home from the hospital until you can prove you have a rear-facing car seat and a copy of Goodnight Moon. 

[Mothersweets]

I read it to my kids. It brings back good memories ? 

[sweet2ndchance]

We have it but, like barnwife, it wasn't a favorite here either.

The Carrot Seed, however, is a well loved toddler/preschool favorite here among others.

[RootAnn]

13 minutes ago, sweet2ndchance said:

The Carrot Seed, however, is a well loved toddler/preschool favorite here among others.

I've never heard of that one, but Rainbow Zebra got just as much attention with our oldest as Goodnight Moon. DH & I had both memorized and could recite them both in an attempt to get a crying, over-tired child to go to sleep even when in a car, in the dark, lost, on the way to a wedding for a co-worker. Not that that ever happened.

[Hilltopmom]

I bought myself a Goodnight Moon t shirt this year ?

full disclosure- I teach preschool & the kids will love it!

[SKL]

Yes, I'm familiar.  I can't say it was a favorite of mine.

The parody is cute.

[Chris in VA]

I like that book a lot because there are lots of little details in it. You can look for the mouse in each picture. It's designed (the writing) to be slow and quiet, just like getting ready at night to go to sleep. 

Yeah, I know it pretty well! 

 

[Lanny]

I read that book to/with DD a million times. Possibly we still have it. If so, it isn't in very good condition. 

[Ausmumof3]

We have it but only because we did Sonlight preK.  Otherwise I may have never come across it.

[mumto2]

Every night for at least two years I read Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom followed by Madeline and finished with Goodnight Moon.  They were all in a treasury of children’s stories we had. I still have it actually.

[MEmama]

2 hours ago, barnwife said:

I'll be the odd man out. I've certainly heard of it; I've even read it to me children. But to say it's not a book I enjoy is a gross understatement.

Yeah I don't get the love for it at all. That's true of nearly all the standard children's books, though. They just weren't much of a hit here.

The science parodies would have gone over huge, though!

[GailV]

Oh man, younger dd had a little stuffed bunny that was modeled on the bunny in the book -- blue and white pajamas, grey fur.  I suppose it came as a set with the book.  We called it Moon Bunny, and it was Very Important in her life during the toddler years.  I had forgotten about it.  I suppose it's tucked away somewhere in her room.

I don't recall any of us being wildly interested in the book, but thinking about that stuffed bunny makes me smile.

[Guest]

That is a very adorable parody! 

Goodnight Moon was the book I read into a tape recorder so I could play it for my in utero babies through headphones stretched over my belly. Yes, I did. ?

[regentrude]

I don't know the book and didn't read it to my kids.

[Targhee]

We love Goodnight Moon (and others of her works). We were gifted Goodnight Goon (Halloween parody), and I saw Goodnight iPad (parody about putting devices away at night).

[Mergath]

We have Goodnight Moon and Goodnight Lab. 

"Goodnight Einstein with a stern look."

Love it.

[rebcoola]

It was my ODD favorite and she is already talking about reading it to her little sister coming January.  YDD and I prefer the parodies like goodnight goon.

[umsami]

I never knew it as a child, but when I was pregnant with my first, I requested a book baby shower...where people would just give me one book that they or their kids had loved.  A dear friend gave me the giant board book version of "Goodnight Moon" and "The Hungry Caterpillar".  Both were big favorites with all four of my kids. 

[madteaparty]

Apparently it’s about death. Anyway it’s part of my standard new baby gift kit and I have the English learners in my life read it to DD. I also have it it French ? 

[Corraleno]

The "15 Years Later" version came across my FB feed yesterday, shortly after I'd been poking around in DS's now-empty room looking for a book I wanted to read. And yes I needed a few tissues.  Someone should write another one, "20 Years Later," when the room is clean and empty and you'd give anything to have a sleepy little boy, or even a stinky moody teenager, in there again. ?

[Elfknitter.#]

Every night for at least 8 months, it was the only nighttime book the then toddler now 15yo would let me read. I’m pretty certain i can still recite it from memory. ?

[Just Kate]

I saw the 15-years-later version yesterday and shared it on my Facebook feed. I said that it fit my 14 year old ds to a T (and it does...sounds like I wrote it for him myself!). When ds was a baby, we had the Goodnight Moon board book and we had to replace it because we literally wore it out. It is the only book that I added to ds’s “Special Baby Things” keepsake box. This new version made me tear up a little. 

[CAJinBE]

Loved it and it is one we have kept for a keepsake. 

[kbutton]

I received multiple copies when I was pregnant, but I hadn't ever heard of it before that. My kids loved it.