With our nine-month-old daughter, Goodnight Moon is one of the first books to make an impact. Goodnight Moon has a plot as thick as my fingernail. A bunny names everything in its room, then says goodnight to each object in turn, then conks out. It takes about sixty seconds to read, ninety if you do it “in a voice full of wonder”. I spent more time reading the longer children’s books we had, and they were better at putting Noinin to sleep, even if she was less likely to understand them. Nevertheless, we kept it in our rotation, and in spite of our dismissal the book began to take on a life of its own. When I received this book as a present while pregnant, I smiled a little with nostalgia: what a classic. Of course, I hadn’t seen Goodnight Moon since I was four. However, when I finally started reading the book to my newborn daughter, I couldn’t help thinking: this is it? This has sold millions of copies?
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