The Good-Night Book (9/28/2010)

Title: The Good-night Book
Author: Peter Curry
Age: pre-school
Rating: 4 out of 5
Type: Picture Book

Summary: This picture book says good-night to all different people in the world.

I really enjoyed the illustrations in this book. It was fun to see all the different types of beds and items the characters had in their bed. It does a very good job at showing diversity in the world. The first time I read this book I thought it was saying good night to different people in the world. The second time I read it, I realized all the people that we are saying good night to actually are fictional fantasy characters that one would encounter in other books. For example "Good-night princess, with such long golden hair." This reminds me of Rapunzel.

Another thing about this book is that you do not  need the words in order to know who you are saying good-night to. You can just look at the picture of the moon and know that the words are going to say "good-night moon." I think this book could also be a wordless book because the illustrations do such a great job at describing what is being read. Another part I enjoyed was looking for the witch. Twice in the book, we try to say good-night to the witch but she isn't in her bed, so it keeps you wondering where she is. Then at the very end it says, "Good-night to you, dream well, sleep tight-and to you know, up there-Good-night!"When you look at the illustration you see the witch on her broomstick. This is an example of how you would not know what the author is referring to without the illustration. The illustration tells the story for you.