Book · 2005 · Juvenile Fiction
Goodnight Moon 60th Anniversary Edition
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The best example is you have a small child who you read to at night before bed. And you're reading the book Goodnight Moon, and your child wants you to read that book for the eighth time.
What they say about it
- Reading at bedtime“dominating our Consciousness and bedtime”2
- Lasting in print“they're around forever”2
The best things said about it
Tell us some of the best children's books you recommend. I love The Lonely Doll, I love The Seven Silly Eaters, Goodnight Moon, of course, Crazy Strange, Where the Wild Things Are.
Gretchen Rubin On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Jan 2021 Goodnight Moon was written in I think in 1940-something. Cat in the Hat, the '50s. And you know, they're around forever.
Tish Rabe How I Write · Apr 2026 Well yeah absolutely I mean good night moon was a book I didn't know as as a as a kid it it's um been in print.
Reading that book to my kids and and other people have told me this too it actually kind of sparked.
But the the book that's sort of dominating our Consciousness and bedtime is good night Moon which I never read.
Where and when it comes up
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How it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
6 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown is a beloved, timeless children's picture book that follows a young bunny bidding a gentle goodnight to every object in the great green room. The book was celebrated across multiple podcast episodes for its enduring appeal. Pamela Paul and Bruce Handy discussed the book on The Book Review, with Paul noting that it is one of the rare children's stories adults can read repeatedly without boredom, and Handy describing how reading it to his own children sparked early nostalgia. Gretchen Rubin also recommended the classic on On Purpose with Jay Shetty as an essential addition to any children's literature collection. Additionally, Tish Rabe discussed the book on How I Write, pointing out its historical longevity since its publication in the 1940s and noting how deployed parents frequently read it to their children from afar, while Paul touched upon the historical resistance the book initially faced from traditional library gatekeepers.
Every mention
Pamela Paul so for me good night moon is one of those books but also in The Night 2
“and apparently good night Moon which she deemed unbearably sentimental did not appear in City libraries until 1972 11 years after Moore's death”
“so for me good night moon is one of those books but also in The Night”
Gretchen Rubin Tell us some of the best children's books you recommend. I love The Lonely Doll, I love The Seven Silly Eat… 1
“Tell us some of the best children's books you recommend. I love The Lonely Doll, I love The Seven Silly Eaters, Goodnight Moon, of course, Crazy Strange, Where the Wild Things Are.”
Bruce Handy well yeah absolutely I mean good night moon was a book I didn't know as as a as a kid it it's um been in print 2
“well yeah absolutely I mean good night moon was a book I didn't know as as a as a kid it it's um been in print”
“and it actually you know reading that book to my kids and and other people have told me this too it actually kind of sparked”
Tish Rabe They're reading Goodnight Moon. They were reading Very Hungry Caterpillar. It was wonderful. 2
“They're reading Goodnight Moon. They were reading Very Hungry Caterpillar. It was wonderful.”
“you know, Goodnight Moon was written in I think in 1940-something. Uh Cat in the Hat, the '50s. And you know, they're around forever.”
Parul Sehgal but the the book that's sort of dominating our Consciousness and bedtime is good night Moon which I never read 1
“but the the book that's sort of dominating our Consciousness and bedtime is good night Moon which I never read”
Robert Waldinger The best example is you have a small child who you read to at night before bed. And you're reading the book… 1
“The best example is you have a small child who you read to at night before bed. And you're reading the book Goodnight Moon, and your child wants you to read that book for the eighth time.”
