Margaret Wise Brown Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown has written hundreds of books and stories during her life, but she is best known for “Goodnight Moon” and “The Runaway Bunny”. Even though she died nearly 60 years ago, her books still sell very well and and maintain their recognition by critics and educators specialized in the process of reading learning.
“Goodnight Moon” was published on September 3, 1947 by the editorial Harper & Brothers.
Readers from 4-5 years old are the ones intended for this book. It’s perfect for beginning ESL students because picture books enriching and creates enjoyable experiences and help learners entering in the reading world. Learners with this book are able to work with concepts of print and they are developing the ability to focus attention …show more content…
In this way readers learn words by listening to them on different occasions.
The rhymes follow the same soothing pattern as the rhythm, so it makes the structure of the text uniform. Thank to that, it is easier for students to get information from the text. This is the structure that the picture book follows “goodnight moon, goodnight room, goodnight bears, goodnight chairs, etc”. The main character says good night to all the elements that appear along the pages.
The sentences are really shorts and the grammar used is simple using the present or past or there is/there are. (“a bowl full of mush”, there was a telephone”, and “there were three little bears”)
The book contains numerous drawings and illustrations that support the understanding and reading of children.
This picture book is children's story written about a rabbit's routine before he goes to bed. Before his bedtime, the rabbit goes around the room and notices different items and says goodnight to all of them. As the story continues, the rabbit gets more and more tired before finally saying "Goodnight noises everywhere," just as he falls
“Goodnight Moon” was published on September 3, 1947 by the editorial Harper & Brothers.
Readers from 4-5 years old are the ones intended for this book. It’s perfect for beginning ESL students because picture books enriching and creates enjoyable experiences and help learners entering in the reading world. Learners with this book are able to work with concepts of print and they are developing the ability to focus attention …show more content…
In this way readers learn words by listening to them on different occasions.
The rhymes follow the same soothing pattern as the rhythm, so it makes the structure of the text uniform. Thank to that, it is easier for students to get information from the text. This is the structure that the picture book follows “goodnight moon, goodnight room, goodnight bears, goodnight chairs, etc”. The main character says good night to all the elements that appear along the pages.
The sentences are really shorts and the grammar used is simple using the present or past or there is/there are. (“a bowl full of mush”, there was a telephone”, and “there were three little bears”)
The book contains numerous drawings and illustrations that support the understanding and reading of children.
This picture book is children's story written about a rabbit's routine before he goes to bed. Before his bedtime, the rabbit goes around the room and notices different items and says goodnight to all of them. As the story continues, the rabbit gets more and more tired before finally saying "Goodnight noises everywhere," just as he falls