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The first page of Goodnight Moon - an illustration of a room with green walls with two pictures hanging on the walls, a fireplace on one side of the room, and a window looking out at a starry night sky. A small bunny is dressed in pajamas tucked in bed. The floor is red with a brown circular rug and a small tiger rug next to the bed. There is a red balloon floating above the bunny, a small table with a lamp, and a night stand with a phone and a clock.

Episode 105: In the Great Green Room

Episode #105

2025-01-08 05:00:22

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Everything you didn’t know about Goodnight Moon, the book that’s put children to bed for generations — and the woman who wrote it. “She could write very well for young children because she remembered exactly what it was like to be one of them.”

Leonard Marcus’ book is Margaret Wise Brown: Awakened by the Moon

Episode transcript will be posted here as soon as it is available.

Image from Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd. (c) 1947 and Renewal Copyright (c) 1975 Albert E. Clarke III Living Trust dated April 4, 2013 and Peaceable Kingdom, LP. Used with the permission of HarperCollins Publishers.