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3''Goodnight Moon'' (1947) is a children's picture book. Written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd, it tells the story of a bunny going to sleep who says goodnight to everything he sees in his room, all in simple, poetic language.
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5It is considered a classic.
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8!!This book provides examples of:
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10* AnimatedAdaptation: The first animation in ''WesternAnimation/GoodnightMoonAndOtherSleepytimeTales'' is an animated rendition of the book.
11%%* ArcWords: "Goodnight"
12%%* CallBack: Multiple references in the story to Brown and Hurd's previous book, ''The Runaway Bunny''.
13* CelebrityParadox: The book on the nightstand is ''Goodnight Moon''.
14%%* FunnyAnimal: The protagonist is a rabbit.
15* FurryConfusion: The protagonists are anthropomorphic rabbits, but they own non-anthropomorphic cats.
16* GettingReadyForBedPlot: The book is about the bunny saying goodnight to everything and everyone as he goes to bed.
17%%* InnerMonologue: The entire book.
18* NoNameGiven: None of the characters have an actual name, allowing children to [[TheEveryman better identify]] with them.
19%%* PrintLongRunners: Go into a large bookstore with a children's section. You will find it.
20%%* ShownTheirWork: The clock advances ten minutes with every illustration, and the moon rises in the window accordingly.
21* ShoutOut: All of the paintings hanging in the nursery except for the cow jumping over the moon are illustrations from ''The Runaway Bunny''.
22* SliceOfLife: There's nothing to indicate this is in any way an unusual night for the bunny.
23%%* WhiteBunny: The protagonist and the woman who goes "hush".

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