A popular children's book celebrates its 75th anniversary..

[DGUtley]

A popular children's book celebrates its 75th anniversary..

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Without mystery, hero, handsome prince or fairy godmother — Goodnight Moon has now lulled millions of children to sleep, in more than two dozen languages, for 75 years.

Written by Margaret Wise Brown, with illustrations by Clement Hurd, the picture book, which has sold more than 40 million copies since its publication on Sept. 3, 1947, wins its readers with a soothing series of goodnights to the everyday objects in "the great green room" before bedtime.

"It mirrors what's happening for the child, but it also gives them a feeling of some other world, something else that's sort of a larger, more peaceful world," says Thacher Hurd, Clement's son and himself a children's book author and illustrator.


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[midcan5]

We have bought and read this book for our brats and grand brats. Actually they are all good kids and doing well. Some of these good night type books I think I had memorized. 'Goodnight sun hello moon.....'

[Standing Wolf]

The librarian had a problem because the cow was shown with an udder?

[IMPress Polly]

The librarian had a problem because the cow was shown with an udder?

Udderly ridiculous.

[Standing Wolf]

Udderly ridiculous.

More than a teetsy bit.

[jigglepete]