Goodnight Moon von Margaret Wise Brown

Kategorie: Bücher
Seiten / Format: 32 S
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Verlag: HarperCollins UK
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN: 9780064430173

"A little rabbit bids goodnight to each familiar thing in his moonlit room. Rhythmic, gently lulling words combined with warm and equally lulling pictures make this beloved classic an ideal bedtime book."-Christian Science Monitor

"Little children will love this going to sleep book-a really fresh idea by a talented and prolific author, illustrated by Clement Hurd. In a soft sing-song, here is a bunny saying goodnight room, goodnight moon, goodnight to all the familiar objects in the softly lighted room. Then-as the room darkens, in successive pictures, the goodnight ceremony moves forward."-Kirkus Reviews

In this classic of children's literature, beloved by generations of readers and listeners, the quiet poetry of the words and the gentle, lulling illustrations combine to make a perfect book for the end of the day.

In a great green room, tucked away in bed, is a little bunny."Goodnight room, goodnight moon."And to all the familiar things in the softly lit room-to the picture of the three little bears sitting on chairs, to the clocks and his socks, to the mittens and the kittens, to everything one by one-the little bunny says goodnight.

One of the most beloved books of all time,Goodnight Moonis a must for every bookshelf and a time-honored gift for baby showers and other special events.

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Margaret Wise Brown, cherished for her unique ability to convey a child's experience and perspective of the world, transformed the landscape of children's literature with such beloved classics asGoodnight MoonandThe Runaway Bunny. Other perennial favorites by Ms. Brown includeMy World;Christmas in the Barn;The Dead Bird;North, South, East,West; andGood Day, Good Night.

Clement Hurd (1908-1988) is best known for illustratingGoodnight MoonandThe Runaway Bunny, the classic picture books by Margaret Wise Brown. He studied painting in Paris with Fernand Léger and others in the early 1930s. After his return to the United States in 1935, he began to work in children's books. He illustrated more than one hundred books, many of them with his wife, Edith Thacher Hurd, including the Johnny Lion books,The Day the Sun Danced, andThe Merry Chase. A native of New York City, he lived most of his life in Vermont and California.

Clement Hurd (1908-1988) se graduó de Yale University. Estudió pintura en París en los años 1930 con Fernand Léger, entre otros. Allí fue donde desarrolló su estilo característico, compuesto de colores de fuerte contraste. Hurd estuvo casado con la escritora Edith Thacher Hurd, con quien también creó muchos libros que seconvirtieron en favoritos de los niños.

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