Goodnight Songs by Margaret Wise Brown - ADVISABLE

Goodnight Songs by Margaret Wise Brown. BOARD BOOK. Sterling Children’s Books, 2014. $8. 9781454927068

BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K - ADVISABLE.

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

This book includes twelve songs, each on a two page spread, with illustrations done by different artists. The songs read more like poetry and they don’t all have to do with going to sleep, but they do all have calm subject matters. 

The art is delightful and the poems have a consistently soothing cadence. My daughter really wanted them sung, per the title’s indication, which could be a positive for some readers, but singing a bedtime poem is not my strong suit. Some of the talented artists included in the book are Renata Liwska,Isabel Roxas, Eric Puybaret, and Carin Berger.

Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher