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| List Five Books Parlour Game : List five books suggested by the word "moon" | | 50 | booksivereadkatie, December 2008 | |
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| 888 Challenge : Morphidae's 888 | | 38 | Morphidae, July 2008 | |
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| The Green Dragon : Favorite Children's Book... | | 56 | Kirconnell, May 2008 | |
| Bestsellers over the Years : 2004 | | 22 | keren7, April 2008 | |
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Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown ... challenges, and if that starts to be your guiding principle, you know it's just gonna be a matter of time before it's all Goodnight Moon and Wizard of Id. But it's still interesting in a weird stats-analysis way--like, looking at my books per year, I see how they dip when I get a stress job ... Brownʻs Goodnight, Moon ... are scattered throughout with suggested further reading either by writer or by subject matter.
What's in there
0-3: Goodnight Moon, Handa's Surprise, Meg and Mog
3+: The Story of Babar, The cow who fell in the canal, Lotta's Bike
5+: Fungus the bogeyman, Lon Po Po, I ... ... funny Thanksgiving book. The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything is a funny Halloween book. If he's a fan of Goodnight Moon, he might enjoy Goodnight Goon, not actually a Halloween book, but spooky fun, nonetheless. ... with all of these wonderful titles and authors. Also McBratney's Guess how much I love you and Margaret Wise Brown's Goodnight moon and Runaway bunny I gave my new granddaughter a variety of board books, from nursery rhymes to Good Night Moon. Another book I like to give to new moms is Read to Your Bunny by Rosemary Wells. It's really for the parents and not the child, about the importance of reading to your child. P.S. The only review that I've read on here that has actually bothered me was a review of the Children's book, Goodnight Moon, which read:
"I don't care for it because the bunny says goodnight to the moon... Instead of saying goodnight to God."
But that's not an objection on pro forma ... ... - the kids will love books with battery-powered sounds but their parents will not).
Personally I like Miffy books, or Goodnight moon for kids that age. And I second Brown Bear.
And, as was said before - get the board book version, they have to be sturdy. ... title is
Tuck Everlasting
Donde Viven Los Monstruos is
Where the Wild Things Are
Buenos Noches Luna is Goodnight, Moon
I don't know why the touchstones won't show up---they register in the sidebar OK. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Goodnight, Moon by Margaret Wise Brown. It was one of my daughter's favorites. "If you liked Decline of the West, you'll love Goodnight, Moon"
"If you liked 120 Days of Sodom, you'll love Cross"
"If you liked The Grifters, you'll love Where's Waldo"
"If you liked Chicken Soup for the Soul, you'll love Endgame by Samuel Beckett" ... such a sweet story and lovely flow to read aloud.
Just remembered, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom was another favourite.
Goodnight moon was read until the book fell apart.
... are really excellent music for children and the adults who have to listen along with them, hour after hour in the car.
Goodnight Moon of course.
Mike Mulligan and all the other virginia Lee Burton books.
One morning in Maine and all the other Robert McCloskey books.
Anything by ... ... income & Baby Charlotte (2 months old) has already received board books from Grandma: The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Good Night Moon; Big Red Barn and some Mother Goose. There was also a book in her Easter basket. :) And orders to her mother to start reading to her now. Good Night Moon only just read every single night when my 3 children were youngsters and now to the grandchildren when they stay. --BJ,
I love Good Night Moon also and my children and (so they say) their children heard that book at bedtime every night until they began to request something different.
And I am sure you ARE well read enough for that quiz. It's fun. Most of those are.
Thanx for stopping by. You have a ... ... Edward Cullen.
5) What book have you read the most times in your life (excluding picture books read to children; i.e., Goodnight Moon does not count)?
I'm going to exclude The Lord of the Rings here on the grounds that that answer (though true) will surprise no one and actually falls ... ... ghter
1) The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
4/5 stars
2) Spot Goes to School by Eric Hill
3/5 stars
3) Good Night Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
4/5 stars
4) Cinderella Skeleton by Robert San Souci
3.5/5 stars
5) How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight by Jane Yolen
4.5/5 ... ... time just a wee bit.
A bit late to be pointing that out, I know.
Does it count as a book read every time you read Goodnight, Moon or Goodnight, Gorilla?
'Cause if it does, I totally read 10,000 books in 1998. :) Goodnight Moon, of course.
Where the Red Fern Grows - we were all sobbing so hard my husband came in asked if this reading was such a good idea
Treasure Island, Hank the Cowdog series, Ransom of Red Chief, Chronicles of Narnia - we read every night and always on road trips.
My ... Re: # 82
Hello nohrt4me! If you're The Cat in the Hat, then I'm Goodnight Moon, and the poem Maud Muller by John Greenleaf Whittier.
Austin's largest independent bookstore is named Book People, after the folks in Fahrenheit 451. I'm not sure whether Oskar Werner ... Good Night Moon and Run Away Bunny both by Margaret Wise Brown. He is 14 now. I miss reading those books to him. #46, polutropos: I don't know whether you've run across Goodnight Bush, a parody of Goodnight Moon which shares a similar valedictory spirit to the item you've posted. Finished two more for Category 3: Books Read to My Daughter
Good Night Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Well, we've read this one before, but this is the first time in 2009. :)
Goodnight Moon is an old classic, and at first glance, you might wonder why. The pictures aren't bright and ... ... On by Karma Wilson
Oh! by Josse Goffin (bad touchstone, link here: http://www.librarything.com/work/book/21905100 )
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Trains by Byron Barton
Airport by Byron Barton
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin jr. & Eric Carle
From ... Shoot the Moon by Billie Letts
The Pull of the Moon by Elizabeth Berg
The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech - The only one I haven't read. Hello there myeugene!
I'm presuming that you mean for age levels new-born to five or six.
Goodnight Moon
One Morning in Maine
Herbert the Timid Dragon
come to mind as ones my three sons really enjoyed.
Also, pretty much anything by Dr. Seuss, and several others.
*ETA: I'm about to ... ... on how to get the fabric off without damaging the covers?
The books I've owned the longest are The Runaway Bunny and Goodnight Moon. My mum used to read them to me and my brothers every night before bed when we were little. We all had our own copies so we could keep them now as adults. I ... ... ghter
1) The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
4/5 stars
2) Spot Goes to School by Eric Hill
3/5 stars
3) Good Night Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
4/5 stars
4) Cinderella Skeleton by Robert San Souci
3.5/5 stars
5) How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight by Jane Yolen
4.5/5 ... ... all the library books I ambitiously borrowed for summer reading). Sounds like it's not going to be a light read...
Goodnight Moon is not really so big in the UK as it seems to be in the USA and I've always wanted to read it to see if I can figure out why. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Silver Spoon by Phaidon Press
September Swoon by William Kashatus
High Noon by Nora Roberts
Archer's Goon by Diana Wynne Jones It is close, isn't it! Maybe I should read three really short books! Let's see.... Goodnight Moon, The Very Hungry Caterpiller, and The Poky Little Puppy... ... Voligt
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
Five Little Speckled Frogs
Barney
James and the Snowman
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Brown Wise
Five Little Ladybugs...
For us bookaholics, there is simply another outlet..
and the tradition is passed along...
As for children's books, I do not think you can possibly go wrong with The House at Pooh Corner or Goodnight Moon! I had read the entire Winnie-the-Pooh ouvre to my oldest daughter before she ever arrived, and when she finally did get here, her nickname was Tigger because she loved to bounce. ... the Sea. It has been a long time since I read it; I might look for my old copy and read it again.
And I really loved Good Night, Moon.
Looks like you are doing great with your challenge!
--BJ
... one is 18 months and two are plenty for us!!
It's also funny seeing the differences across countries. I've never seen Goodnight Moon here in New Zealand but know the Hairy Maclary series off by heart. We've had some great American books though - Vote for Duck and Click Clack Moo.
... Man, we must have read Goodnight, Moon to the son a thousand times when he was a toddler. Now he's 18, so I guess he'd probably not care for me to read him a bedtime story. 8^} Completely random but this thread just made me think of Goodnight, Moon. Goodnight Moon 83. Goodnight Moon - to my daughter
84. More adventures of the plant that ate dirty socks - to my daughter
I have a very strange daughter ... is older, you will start having to post how many times (per month, maybe per day) you have read each book to her! I had Goodnight Moon memorized for quite a while there when my boys were little! :) ... reading:
#5 Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
#6 The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
Emily's List
#1 Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
#2 Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
#3 How a Baby Grows by Nola Buck
#4 Five Little Ducks illustrated by Da ... ... may be the first, but not the last time, that you "don't get" something your child likes!! Although I personally preferred Goodnight Moon.
When is Master Charlie scheduled to make his appearance? May
27. The Velvet Angel by Jude Deveraux
7/10
28. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
6/10
29. All I Really Needed To Know I Learned in Kindergarden by Robert Fulghum
7/10
30. Petals in the Storm by Mary Jo Putney
7/10 Love in the Time of Cholera
Long Day's Journey Into Night
The Secret of the Old Clock
Goodnight, Moon
A Night to Remember ... My Life but haven't found time to read it. Not a great Clinton fan, but I have biographies of all of the presidents.
Goodnight Moon is a classic, and a favorite gift for new babies, along with anything by Dr. Seuss.
Keren, I am glad to know that I am not the only one whose books on ... ... favorites for me were: The Tomten and the Fox by Astrid Lindgren and The Scroobious Pip by Edward Lear. I loved reading Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown to my children. My other favorite as a child was Marguerite De Angeli's Book of Nursery & Mother Goose Rhymes. It was beautiful. I ... The Runaway Bunny and Goodnight Moon both by Margaret Wise Brown ... in Corduroy and Denim, and Eats, Shoots & Leaves
In children's: the two Harry Potter, and The Polar Express and Goodnight Moon when I was younger. I also love Goodnight Moon although at 12 & 15, my girls don't request it much :-) Do you have Curious George? My oldest has an extensive collection of George stuff from books to dolls to a jack-in-the-box (George-in-the-box?). He's been her special honey since she was about 6 mos old! Goodnight Moon is one of my favorite kids' books. We still read that one - and my boys are 6 and 8. I love to hear them say "a big bowl of mush." LOL. I hope you're feeing well. ... fantastic books, and I particularly like the Peter Rabbit one - it's a pop-up book with wonderful surprises in it.
9. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
10. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
11. Mad About Madeline: The Complete Tales by Ludwig Be ... ... the obstacles of the book.
A lot of Sandra Boynton's are great too. Barnyard Dance! springs to mind. For classics, "Goodnight, Moon and The Runaway Bunny are always good. ... and Borders:
The Aesop for Children
Mad about Madeline: The Complete Tales
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
Goodnight Moon
Peter Rabbit: A Lucky Escape
This last one I'm really excited about, since we're decorating the nursery with a Peter Rabbit theme. It's a fantastic pop- ... ... and Borders:
The Aesop for Children
Mad about Madeline: The Complete Tales
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
Goodnight Moon
Peter Rabbit: A Lucky Escape
This last one I'm really excited about, since we're decorating the nursery with a Peter Rabbit theme. It's a fantastic ... Goodnight Moon is one of my all-time favorite kids' books ~ I read it to my daughter 25 years ago, read it to my godson 7 years ago, and hope to read it to my grandchild in another 7 years or so. :)
I really loved Devil in the White City. It's non-fiction that reads better than most of ... ... Things Are by Maurice Sendak
3. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
4. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
5. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
It is all wonderful prose and poetry though, isn't it? ... I'm trying to pad my list with works like this... and no, I am not including works like How do Dinosaurs Count to Ten and Goodnight, Moon.)
EDIT: I know it isn't a question of end-all right and wrong. I was asking what other peoples' standards are. Hence, the quotation marks (even ... I learned to read very young, when I was maybe 2 or 3, and have been a big reader ever since. It started with Goodnight Moon and The Poky Little Puppy (I even dressed up as the poky little puppy for Halloween a few times when I was very small). My mom read to me and encouraged me to read, ... In my experience, these are some instant winners by these accomplished authors:
Margeret Wise Brown: Goodnight Moon, The Diggers, Big Red Barn
Mo Willems: Knuffle Bunny, Leonardo the Terrible Monster, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus,
Denise Fleming: In the Small, Small Pon ... ... troubled by the idea we have some protectable "right to develop one's own personality." My God, you could use that against Goodnight Moon. ... of another consciousness that can enter into your own mind and effect a unique kind of fusion. For my son, this was Goodnight Moon. I simply can't remember what it was for myself. ... What Do You See? by Bill Martin
7. The Poky Little Puppy by Janette Sebring Lowrey (7/10)
8. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown (6/10) Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown. I think I have that one memorized...
Here's another:
And there aren't any lines in space, so you could join bits of Orion to bits of Lepus or Taurus or Gemini and say that they were a constellation called The Bunch of Grapes or Jesus or the Bicycle (ex ... ... doing all the driving this weekend. We're doing a 4-5 hour drive to meet my wife's week-old granddaughter. She's getting Goodnight Moon from me. Her daddy is going to get strict instructions to read it to her EVERY NIGHT (starting tonight) until she tells him otherwise.
TPBM will do some ... I finished reading Goodnight Moon, when are we going to talk about it? ... Go Visiting by Sue Williams have great rhythm for little ones and can be enjoyed from birth to preschoolers.
Yes, Goodnight Moon! and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Martin and Carle. Good Night Moon by Margaret Wise Brown (That wise lady!) By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
Everything is Illuminated
Who Moved My Cheese?
Goodnight Moon
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret Let's not do children's books, though. (For me it would be the mysterious, silent old lady in Goodnight Moon.) This list could go on and on...
Picture books:
Goodnight Moon
Blueberries for Sal
Leopold the See-Through Crumb picker and The Fabulous Firework Family by James Flora
Bedtime For Frances
and as a reader myself
The Hobbit
The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright
The Little White ... ... The Snowy Day and Whistle for Willie.
Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott.
The Little Engine That Could.
Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown.
Dear Mrs. LaRue by Mark Teague.
If You Give a Pig a Pancake and If You Give a Mouse a Cookie ... ... I apparently missed it.
For the record, I can't read the Talmud or the Koran in 20 minutes either. Or, for that matter, Goodnight Moon -- that rascally mouse moves to a different place on almost every page! ... Steinbeck
Awakened by the Moon - A Biography of Margaret Wise Brown (The author of the lovely children's classic Goodnight, Moon and many others
Smuggler's Moon - Bruce Alexander - 8th in the wonderful Sir John Fielding mystery series
... Pokey Little Puppy and where the wild things are which I never could see what the attraction was but they all loved it.Goodnight moon, my favorite Love you forever-cry everytime I read it. Any of the Little Critter books. I have a lot of childrens nonsense poems memorized and I notice ... ... talk about memory lane!
My favorites were
Oink and Pearl, Couldn't we have a Turtle Instead?, Green Eggs and Ham, and Goodnight Moon...they were some of the first ones I read myself. Oh and there was a book I can't remember, about a girl named Jennifer, she feeds a horse an apple and goes ... Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown -- has to be. When I read it to my kids for the first time, lots of long-forgotten memories came back to me. I remembered the bed, the color of the walls, my pajamas and the ones my older brothers wore (that I got as hand-me-downs as I got older), what ... Heck no! They're ~children~ after all. They're into Goodnight Moon and Dr. Seuss and such. I wouldn't want to spoil their lives by relating stories of the Woodenhead President and his detached brain, Karl. They get frightened enough knowing Mr. Veep shoots people. (Disclaimer -- that was ... ... you won't mind reading over and over.
Goodnight Gorilla has very little text but great details in the illustrations. Goodnight Moon is another favourite. Eric Carle is great, particularly The very Hungry Caterpillar, The very busy spider and The very lonely Firefly. And Brown Bear, Bro ... ... tend to be short, so it's not an issue. BTW, the hands-down favorite book for ALL the elementary grade levels was Goodnight Moon. It seems the older kids got nostalgic -- hadn't read it (or had ot read to them) in years.
Sorry for having gone somewhat off-topic. ... sight words.
My kids seem to enjoy small details in the illustations.They pick up on tiny things - the mouse in Goodnight Moon, the red balloon in Goodnight Gorilla the beetle in Billy's Beetle.
They really enjoy rhyming text. Sandra Boynton's Barnyard Dance, But not the Hipp ... My first thought was Goodnight Moon although after looking it up it does seem to have 5 ratings below 3... So my next thought is The Paper Bag Princess :) ... Do's and Don't's Oh no, is that out of print?
When We Were Very Young
The Beginner's Bible (original version)
Goodnight Moon Even if she WILL get 10 other copies
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (sometimes -- if it's winter)
Corduroy by Don Freeman
It does get expensive!
... to listening to Artemis Fowl even more knowing the reader is a good one! Thanks!
(My daughter and I used to love Goodnight Moon too!) #48, I was just reading Goodnight Moon to my 2 1/2 yo last night. It's one of his favorite stories.
#49, You were asking about Nathaniel Parker on another thread? He's a British actor and plays Inspector Lynly for a series of mysteries based on Elizabeth George's books. I've been ... I stay away from Goodnight Moon because it is so very popular ... most new moms end up with multiple copies. I like to give The Read Aloud Handbook and The Random House Book of Poetry for Children. ... by Jessie Willcox Smith. I love the rythmic sounds of the ditties, and the pictures are very nicely done. Also Goodnight Moon, one of our all-time favorite bedtime stories. The Little Engine That Could, the baby is a boy and all boys need this book, right? Last, but not least, Ten ... ... house today, but they don't get to stay for very long. I'm giving them away for a baby shower gift. The Little Ladybugs, Goodnight Moon, Mother Goose, with illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith and The Little Engine That Could. ... life, and I'm confident The Incredible Book-Eating Boy will join their ranks just as soon as it's out in paperback.
Goodnight, Moon is unavoidable.
David Shannon has recently come to my attention. His No, David! books are hilarious (if expensive hardcover), and Alice the Fair ... ... great book called Mr. Koala Bear that is out of print (I tried to find it recently as a gift for a child). And, of course Goodnight Moon. And The Little Engine That Could. But I really don't know when I crossed over into reading versus being read to.
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