Goodnight Moon

Goodnight Moon
Book cover
AuthorMargaret Wise Brown
IllustratorClement Hurd
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's literature
PublisherHarper & Brothers
Publication date
September 3, 1947
Publication placeUnited States
Pages32pp
ISBN0-06-443017-0
OCLC299277
[E] 21
LC ClassPZ7.B8163 Go 1997
Preceded byThe Runaway Bunny 
Followed byMy World 

Goodnight Moon is an American children's book written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd. It was published on September 3, 1947, and is a highly acclaimed bedtime story.

This book is the second in Brown and Hurd's "classic series," which also includes The Runaway Bunny and My World. The three books have been published together as a collection titled Over the Moon.[1]

  1. ^ Brown, Margaret Wise and Clement Hurd. Over the Moon: A Collection of First Books (HarperCollins, 2006).