Customer Reviews

A Child's Good Night Book

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Three generations of our family have used this book at bedtime and our current copy is taped together! A soothing, rhythmic book that talks about pussycats, kangeroos, wild things in the forest, sailboats and engines all getting quiet and sleepy. My grandson saves it as the last book to read and he falls asleep by the time we finish the little prayer at the end. A very special book indeed!

This was a favorite of my daughter's, and she's 42 now! While she loved all the Margaret Wise Brown books, as they came out, this always remained the favorite. It must be in the genes, because the two oldest grandchildren, now out of college, loved it the best, too. And now, the third grandchild, a 5-year-old, is reading it to herself at night! Oddly, while one can find "Good Night Moon" in any book store, "A Child's Goodnight Book" is never there. Until Amazon, I always had to order it from the publisher. We include it in the new-baby presents we give to all the youngsters we know, and always get rave reviews from the new parents. I think I've ordered at least two dozen copies from Amazon, since you all came along. Thanks.

A nice, simple good night book with no bells and whistles to get the kids active again at bedtime. Recommend Highly.

This book is okay, but Margaret Wise Brown has done better, especially Goodnight Moon. I wouldn't put it on my list of must haves.

I bought this book for my 1 year old daughter because we love our Margaret Wise Brown books: Goodnight Moon, The Big Red Barn, and Runaway Bunny. I found the style of this one to be very different and was upset by the last page, which is obviously a Christian prayer. If you are Christian then this might be fine, perhaps ideal, but we do not practice religion in our home so I was a bit put off. I'm a little sensitive about this subject though so take it for what it's worth. Not as good as her other books IMO.

This is such a special book. I loved reading it differently every night and there are so many things that a child can chime in on or count or comment on. We have said the ending "prayer" every night for 6 1/2 years. We continue to say it with a couple of changes. I'm not religious so we changed the "prayer" to begin with "Dear Spirit" and end with " ...bless all of us who have lots of words."

I love this book!! My three year old and I read it just about every night at bedtime. It's perfect, not too long or short. My daughter loves it so much that she has memorized the ENTIRE book word for word! Now she insists on "reading" it to me at bedtime. I was surprised to find it had a lovely prayer on the last page,... didn't think it was a religious sort of book until I got to that last page. Even though I'm not a very religious person I still enjoy this book and recommend it to everyone.

When I got this in the mail from Amazon, I had only read the reviews. I'd never read or seen the book. I flipped through and thought it seemed a bit boring and that it would not hold my daughter's attention. I read it to her that night, and declared myself right. She wasn't into it. But a few nights later, my husband read it to her, and came downstairs proclaiming the book a "miracle." He said she became sleepier and sleepier as the book went on, with its rythmic soothing words, describing how everything from birds to sailboats to children go to sleep. Our daughter fell asleep in his lap. I then read it to her as her last book the next night, and she was perfectly happy to go "sleepy sleep" (as we call it) right afterwards. We use this as the "last book" of the night, interchangeably with Goodnight Moon, Prayer for a Child, and a few others that have a "goodnight" theme. It is a big hit in this house, and I am surprised!

I have just read the Korean version of this simply lovely book which I had not known about earlier. The illustrations are gentle and beautiful, and in Korean the mood is perhaps even better than in the English. I'm so glad it was translated so children elsewhere can know the comfort and beauty of Margaret Wise Brown. My girls grew up on Goodnight Moon (they are now 40 and 38) and now the 3 children of my older daughter can read Korean and will love this version. I wish Brown were still here with us to write even more beloved classics.

A perfect bedtime book. However it does have a little prayer at the end and a couple of illustrations at the end that include angels, so if you don't want that I wouldn't recommend this book. But I was surprised by how much I enjoy reading it and by how much my toddler likes listening to it. Definitely one of our favorites.