Goodnight moon ABC An alphabet book

Margaret Wise Brown, 1910-1952

Book - 2010

This comforting alphabet book links words and phrases with familiar images from everyone's favorite bedtime book, Goodnight Moon. From kittens to stars to yarn, there are so many things that can be found in the great green room. Search for them all as you learn your ABCs.

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Genres
Picture books
Published
New York : HarperCollinsPublishers 2010.
Language
English
Main Author
Margaret Wise Brown, 1910-1952 (-)
Other Authors
Clement Hurd, 1908-1988 (illustrator)
Edition
1st ed
Physical Description
unpaged : col. ill. ; 26 x 22 cm
ISBN
9780061894848
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Repurposing Hurd's original illustrations, this abecedarian adaptation pairs letters of the alphabet (and corresponding words) with objects and elements from the "great green room," including kittens, paintings, and a red balloon. The myriad objects and Hurd's ever-striking orange and green palette lend themselves well to the ABC format. And in keeping with the nature of the source material, the book concludes, not with a zebra, but with some bedtime zzzzs. Up to 5. (July) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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Review by School Library Journal Review

PreS-K-Familiar objects in the classic story are arranged in alphabetical order and accompanied by upper- and lowercase letters in the original style and palette. "Ii In the great green room/Jj Jump over the moon." Letter "X" appears as the crossed arms of a pole dryer that holds pink mittens from clothespins and "Zz Zzzz." is accompanied by the line "Goodnight noises everywhere." Endpapers show the entire alphabet being investigated by two mice. The book conveys the timeless appeal of the original, and the literacy skill building will appeal to adults.-Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Review by Horn Book Review

Fragments of art and text from Goodnight Moon are cut and rearranged to follow the alphabet. A few of these work, but some of the objects are merely background in the original illustrations (e.g., e for elephant) while other items are a stretch (u for under the covers). The open design is attractive. (c) Copyright 2011. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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