| 1 | ''Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales'' is a 1999 Creator/{{HBO}} children's special. It's themed around sleep, dreaming, and night-time. |
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| 3 | The special features a combination of live-action segments featuring interviews of children talking about their opinions and experiences with sleep, animated renditions of children's books, and animated musical segments. The musical segments include "Hit the Road to Dreamland" by Music/TonyBennett, Music/LaurynHill's rendition of "Hush Little Baby" and "Twinkle Twinkle" by Music/PattiLaBelle. |
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| 5 | It can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmM5NmAjxBA here]]. |
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| 8 | !!''Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales'' provides examples of: |
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| 10 | * AnimatedAdaptation: There are animated adaptations of ''Literature/GoodnightMoon'', ''There's A Nightmare In My Closet'', and ''Tar Beach''. |
| 11 | * {{Bookends}}: The "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" segment begins with the girl falling asleep in her crib. It ends with her going back to sleep once more. |
| 12 | * {{Bowdlerise}}: In the book for ''There's a Nightmare In My Closet'', the boy threatens the nightmare with a toy gun. In the special he uses a floppy toy sword instead. The line "Go away monster or I'll shoot you!" was changed to "Go away monster or I'll get you!" |
| 13 | * DreamSequence: Several, including the adaptation of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" where a girl dreams she's chasing a star in the clouds. |
| 14 | * DreamsOfFlying: ''Tar Beach'' is about a little girl who dreams of flying above her city. |
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