My World: A Companion to Goodnight Moon

Updated Review: When we first received this book, we weren't impressed. But over time, this book has become one of our daughter's favorites. For whatever reason, it captures her imagination. Margaret Wise Brown had a very interesting background in children's education and philosophy, so she was ahead of her time.

Original Review: This book is called a companion to Goodnight Moon, but it really isn't.
It's boring, disjointed, and doesn't have the iambic pentameter of Goodnight Moon.
My daughter doesn't care for it, and quite frankly, neither do I.

We purchased this since Goodnight Moon was a classic and hit. There is a reason why this one is not as well known. The rhyming and story is poor and it is very apparent that this book and the Runaway Bunny were just a way to further capitalize on Goodnight Moon's success. It's clear that there was not much thought put into writing this book. I was going to give this a 2 star but I will say that some kids still like it and for the purpose of learning to read simple letters there is still some educational value.

My son can listen to and look at "Goodnight Moon" and "Runaway Bunny" ten times each time we sit down with them. We barely got through "My World" once.
The rhymes simply don't click and the story is not interesting enough to make up for it. I believe the illustration that made my son ask the most questions was one of toothbrushes hanging by strings on nails in the wall. He had never seen such a thing, but seemed interested in the prospect of putting his toothbrush on the wall.
I suppose that was the reason he really didn't get interested in the book: he didn't identify with it. His daddy doesn't go fishing or sit on the front porch smoking his pipe. Now, he's never become a sailboat as the bunny in "Runaway Bunny" did either, but he was interested in the idea; it captured his imagination. "My World" didn't.
Perhaps there are some children who might enjoy this, but definitely take it out of the library first before you buy it.

Love to read to children....great continuing story of the bunny in Good Night Moon. The Cuddle Bunny makes the stories even more real for the little listeners and provides an adorable sleeping companion too.

I liked this book the first time we read it but it didn't really strike me until my 20 month old asked me to read it over and over....sometimes we read it half a dozen times a day. Personally, I find the anachronistic elements of the book hilarious and sweet. This book makes me think of my grandma and her house just like Good Night Moon does but even more so...and just for the record you can barely make out the dad smoking on the porch...I am sure my daughter doesn't even notice and if she ever does we can discuss it in context

We are big Goodnight Moon fans. I was excited to see this book advertised as a companion to Goodnight Moon. While it's still colorful like Goodnight Moon, the flow of the book isn't as great. The cadence in Goodnight Moon seems to flow more easily than My World. The story seemed a little more for older children than younger babies. I will still continue to read it to my daughter, but just not as much as Goodnight Moon

Our daughter has fallen in love with Margaret Wise Brown's two classics Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny. And so, curious about a third foray into this beautiful and poignant world of little bunnies in vast wildernesses and cozy bedrooms, we decided to get My World.

If you haven't heard of it before, there's a good reason why. While My World retains some of the magic and mysterious comfort of Brown's other titles, it hasn't aged nearly as well.

For starters, the book is far more direct in its presentation of culture and society. All of Brown's books were written in the 1940s, so this shouldn't surprise us, but page after page of gender stereotypes (momma bunny has to fix breakfast while daddy bunny enjoys his coffee and newspaper) are likely to be off-putting to readers sixty years later. This isn't a problem with Brown's other books, preoccupied as they are with primal and timeless concerns like motion and staying, sleep and security. Maybe it would be better to say that My World, concerned as it with with material things, is more shackled to the material things and attitudes that prevailed when the book was written.

Beyond this, the book is actually rather depressing. All of Brown's books are have overtones of melancholy. You can sense the bunny in Goodnight Moon struggling against sleep and gradually surrendering, and the wistfulness of the mother in the Runaway Bunny who wants to hold and protect her child; this is appropriate for children, and it shows a wonderful respect for the emotional growth of readers... far more so than many contemporary books. But page after page of My World is downright discouraging. "My boy is just a toy bear," says the bunny after reflecting that he is his parents' boy. "My car won't go very far," he says, as he and his father, facing away from each other, bang on their cars. Most children imbue their toys with the power of connection; through these actions and rituals they start to understand the adult world and there is no sense of insufficiency in their play. The bunny in My World, on the other hand, seems utterly convinced of insufficiency. Everything he does is a pale shadow of the real, adult activity going on around him.

Finally, the writing just isn't that good. There are a few elegiac turns here and there ("The fire burns. The pages turn." "The moon belongs to the man in the moon.") but some lines are sloppy and careless, and seem to have been dashed off without much thought: "Daddy's kitty has gone to the city." "A low chair. A high chair. But certainly my chair." Even the wonderful illustrator Clement Hurd has seemingly missed a page here, since the bunny compares his own pajamas to his father's, but daddy's set is nowhere to be seen. This is all the more surprising given the meticulous attention these collaborators have brought to their other work.

There are certainly some interesting things here. The bunny's comparisons are intriguing, and Brown hasn't lost her touch at bringing a special power to mundane actions and objects. Much of the writing is beautiful poetry, and My World is probably most engaging in what it illuminates (or shrouds) about its author and her created world. But when the best thing you can say about a childrens book is that it illumates the author, the metaphorical (and, given an impatient listener, perhaps the literal) handwriting is on the wall. After Goodnight Moon and the Runaway Bunny, My World is a disappointment.

Here the Dad is barely present, sometimes smoking, sometimes dressed up for dinner. Some praying in the book too, just FYI. Kinda old fashioned rather than timeless like the others of this series. We read it twice and threw it out. Didn't want to explain what smoking was to my 2-year old.

Part of the Goodnight Moon series. My daughter loves it. It talks about a little rabbit's Mother and Daddy. There's definitely a bias toward the Daddy (it talks about items, e.g. "Daddy's spoon, my spoon", and there are many more things that belong to Daddy! Lol it's an old book), which might start some conversations for us later on considering her dad doesn't live with her, but at age 2 she just loves it.

First, a gripe. I purchased this volume used from TinSignsAmerica. The condition was listed as "Good", but the first two pages are torn out, and roughly at that. Granted, these pages were apparently title pages, so the readability of the book was unaffected... but I'd hardly call such a volume "Good" condition.

Now, on to the book itself.

I purchased this book mainly for "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", and mainly to see if there was any more to the story than I had read in school. (As it turns out, there isn't.) I read it cover to cover, more out of hope and a sense of obligation than anything else, and I have to say I came away a bit disappointed.

I'm far from being a Thurber enthusiast, but I definitely expected more from someone who received so many plaudits as a humorist. Part I, being an assortment of his articles and fiction, I found especially heavy going, as the humor rarely rose above smirkworthy. Being a product of Thurber's time, there were tidbits I may have found slightly more amusing if I were more familiar with the popular culture of the time in which these pieces were written.

Having said that, I found refreshing the frequent references to smoking cigarettes... a breath of fresh air in this era of clean air fascism run amok.

I found Part II much more enjoyable, as it contained several pieces Thurber wrote regarding his European travels in the days just prior to WWII breaking out. I found those pieces enjoyable not just as travelogues, but also as contemporary history, with just a touch of wry amusement that comes from knowing how events ultimately played out.

If you're already a fan of Thurber's writing, you may already have this collection or something like it. (See other reviews for more authoritative recommendations.) If you've never read Thurber, I can't honestly say I would recommend you start. Some of his works are available online, so the first taste is free...

The art, author, and some images are the same, but My World is a disparate set of very short verses, phrases, and repetitions, and doesn't share cohesiveness, cadence, or placidiy with it's better known "companion" Goodnight Moon.

On the other hand, it's a very nice book, very pleasant, not as brief or calming but still a bit of both, and familiar enough to our son even on the first read that he quite enjoys it - and, i suspect, our daughter will too.

Contains a few good pieces, but not too many overall. Unfortunately there is almost nothing available of Thurber in recorded books. This is better than nothing, but we are long overdue for an issue of, say, The Thurber Carnival.

This edition only has part one from the original edition, which contains two parts. Part Two, an eight-piece memoir, is missing in action on this nicely-bound, but incomplete edition.
This is NOT the book that was advertised by the store. The following comes from the store's website description of the book's contents:
"<DIV>The world of Thurber is splendidly sampled in these thirty stories, sketches, and articles that range from the wildest comedy to the serious business of murder. Animal courtship, maids, Macbeth, baseball, sailing, marriage-all fall within Thurber s scope. Drawings by the Author.
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This bound edition contains 22 stories. Not 30.

The dust cover on the bookMy World: A Companion to Goodnight Moonappeared to have had a water spill, the paper was rippled and you could see a water stain. The book was not damaged. As I had ordered the book as a gift for a 20 month great-grandchild, I figured the dust cover wouldn't be with it long and I decided to give the book as a gift as it was. Too much trouble to return the item!

This is supposedly the sequel to Goodnight Moon, which my son has made me read 16,000 times to him. My World - not so much. My son will not let me get past the first page of this book, and I feel bad saying that because I know it is considered a semi-classic or maybe even a classic? This book sits on the bottom of my son's toy chest and the nightly ritual of Goodnight Moon still continues until I can hopefully find a replacement.

Going to sound like a grouch here but I hate this book. It's pretty stupid first of all. Secondly. it is also extremely DADDY focused. I mean seriously, what about the mother who carried the child for 9 months? Tucking this away so nobody reads to my child.

My daughter loves her "Good Night, Moon" book and I thought, since that book was so good, that this one would be, too. It is not. The flow of the book is non-existent. You are never given the ability to get into a reading rhythm. Besides being disjointed the illustrations are not nearly as good as in the other book. There are a couple of well illustrated pages but those particular pages have little or no text. My child has not taken to this book the same way and is currently not interested in having it read to her. Maybe, when she is older, she will like it more, but I am not impressed or pleased with this purchase.

Was Margaret Wise Brown not a native English speaker or something? I can see why Goodnight Moon is a perennial classic and yet I've never heard of this book. The phrasing is awkward and confusing. The pictures redeem it.

this book is ok but definitely not as great as good night moon. it didn't hold my 8 mos twins attention at all. the book is a hardcover but paper pages so easy to rip and bigger than the board book it's supposed to complement. i'd skip this one.

Beautiful but not for single moms, too much mention of daddy, what if daddy isn't there? Heart wrenching book to read to a 3 year old who's donor ran out on him. Great for families with mommies and daddies.

This is a classic. There's something endearing about the pictures and style of writing. Both my 4 year old and 18 month old will sit on my lap and we explore each page. We just take our time reading this book and talking about the pictures.

The hard cover reprint edition offered by the store and others is incomplete. It contains Part 1 only. Note the page count (208) and compare it to the trade paperback versions (310-324 page count).

Avoid this edition.

My 22 month old & 3 y/o are in LOVE with the Goodbye Moon book and I was so excited to see a companion book to it. I purchased this book for Christmas and regret doing so! The book does not transition smoothly, does not make sense, its awkward to read and most important the kids toss it to the side and will not stay captivated when I open it. It has gone into our pile of give-aways. Dont waste your $$$!!!! The Goodnight moon 123 counting book is a much better alternative!

Take a trip along with me back to the 1950s... This book is a bit dated and some of the gender references are a little too stereotypical for me and I consider myself to be conservative in that area. My son likes this book, so I've decided to keep it, but I definitely modify some of the wording.

My daughter LOVES Goodnight Moon, so when she saw there were more books to go along with Goodnight Moon she was so excited & ready to see what would happen next. Well.....The book (My World) was a disappointment! My World is NOT comparable to Goodnight Moon. This was a one time read only!

I was pleased with the pictures in the book. It arrived in new condition and looked very interesting for reading to my grandchildren. Since it is a Christmas gift, I have not actually read it. I'm just hoping they like it!!!

I am surprised by all the negative reviews for this book, but I think, at some level, adults just don't "get" it. There's no plot, no exciting action. It's all about being present in the moment, from a child's point of view, and noticing the differences in the world. It speaks in a childlike rhythm, but not rhyme. As a writer I found the rhythm of the book perfectly pleasant to read aloud. It was, without a doubt, my son's favorite book from 1-3. Goodnight Moon he liked. This one? Loved, loved, loved. It spoke to him. It doesn't matter if it spoke to me.

Let me start by saying that we have really enjoyed both "Goodnight Moon" and "Big Red Barn" by Margaret Wise Brown. We have a family tradition of reading "Goodnight Moon" together on most nights. We were excited to get the companion book "My World" but we were sadly disappointed. Overall I felt that this book lacked the author's magical rhythm that we had enjoyed in her other books.

It seems like there are two camps here - love it and hate it. I definitely was not a fan of this book until my second child fell in love with it. It is probably his favorite book or, at the very least, is tied with Runaway Bunny for that honor. It seems that everyone who loves this book has a child who loves it and everyone who hates it largely feels that way because they themselves do not like it. It definitely has a different feel than Goodnight Moon, but in my opinion, has way more opportunities for humor. My son laughs every time at the car that won't go very far, the "my soap will make soapsuds I hope!" and "My tree, the bird's tree, how many stripes on a bumble bee" at which point I always like to tickle him while saying "Buzz!"

This book sucks. We loved loved loved goodnight moon, but this book doesn't make sense to me. There is not one complete thought, rhyme or sentence in this book. The second to last page has a picture of the dad bunny smoking, that is what the writer was doing when she wrote this book. ??????

I would have loved the mouse. Goodnight moon is much better especially because of the mouse finding activity that children love. Pictures are good and quality of book is good just story is not great like good night moon.

James Thurber is justly famous as one of 20th Century America's most astute humourists--but MY WORLD AND WELCOME TO IT does not really display the author to his best advantage. Even so, it does contain a few gems that make purchase of this title necessary to Thurber fans.
The showpiece of this collection is the famous but somewhat over-rated "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," but MY WORLD also includes a number of seldom anthologized pieces that show Thurber's wit at a high-water mark, including "The Whip-Poor-Will," "A Friend to Alexander," and "The MacBeth Murder Mystery." It also includes several examples of Thurber's acid perspective on the battle of the sexes, such as "Death in the Zoo," and several memorable examples of his ability to wring laughter from the perfidies of language, such as "What Do You Mean, It 'Was' Brilling?" and "Here Lies Miss Gorby."
But the bulk of MY WORLD consists of much less focused material that Thurber casually produced for THE NEW YORKER--pieces which are mildly humorous examinations of everything from French guidebooks to 19th century copies of the English magazine PUNCH. Thurber's clever prose lends such pieces considerable charm, but they are decidedly minor works when compaired with the side-splitting classics found in other collections. Thurber fans, of course, will be delighted by most of it, but newcomers would likely be happier with such collections as A THURBER CARNIVAL.

This is a cute companion to Goodnight Moon. The art, wording, storytelling and characters are all very similar. I have to say it rambles around a little bit; not as "makes you feel good" as Goodnight Moon. However, if your little one (mine is 1.5) likes GM, then you and they will enjoy this too.

We have the board book edition of this book. Both of my children thoroughly enjoyed it, particularly at about one year of age when they were first starting to interact with books. The short phrases reflect the way a very small child explains the world, which may be why they enjoy this classic so much. The common events described in the book are clearly from the era in which it was written (1950's, US), but the presentation could be considered post-modern in style, were it written now. My husband and I find ourselves quoting lines from this book to each other as they seem to describe our daily life as well. I have a rough and tumble little boy, and I think that this book captures his imagination in a special with descriptions of cars, fishing, and spending time with Daddy. I would especially recommend this book for the one-year-old boy on your list!

My favorite childhood book is Goodnight Moon, and just today I finally read its companion book, My World. I thought it was adorable and I am excited to get it for my son.

This book has a different rhythmic scheme than Goodnight Moon, but I feel that it is equally poetic and comforting. It is fun to see the little bunny in settings other than the "great green room" and with his parents in different rooms in their house.

Like in Goodnight Moon, Clement Hurd's illustrations alternate between color and black and white, which I think is a great touch.

Although not as classic as Goodnight Moon, this book is a wonderful one to share with your children.

Those who were raised on and loved Goodnight Moon will be thrilled to see its companion book, My World, back in print after a 30 year absence. Get reacquainted with the rabbit family as little bunny explores the safe and familiar world around him. Margaret Wise Brown's gentle, understated text: "Mother's chair./My chair./A low chair./A high chair." or "Daddy's boy./Mother's boy./My boy is just a toy./Bear" is soothing, poetic and rhythmic and beautifully complemented by Clement Hurd's engaging family scenes. In My World he alternates black and white pages featuring the simple items of little bunny's life, Daddy's toothbrush hanging beside little bunny's toothbrush, a large and small comb lying next to each other or Daddy's slippers next to bunny's own pair of slippers with full color more expansive family spreads, the family preparing and eating breakfast or all washing up and getting ready for bed. Perfect for children as young as one, My World is a comforting, reassuring, timeless treasure to be read again and again and shared and passed down to future generations.

My children love Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny, so we decided to try My World. When I first read through it I thought that it had a really weird rhythm and felt awkward to read... and it was just flat out strange. My children, on the other hand, LOVED it. Night after night they continued to request and and we read it. A few other reviewers mentioned that it grows on you and I completely agree. It's really more like a poem. After a few reads, I figured out the right rhythm in which I should read it. It has become one of our favorites! I'd definitely recommend this book. If you didn't like it the first time through, give it a few more tries!

I'm not the biggest fan of Goodnight Moon, but this self-proclaimed "companion book" still pales in comparison...and if you're a music fan, you'll know what I mean when I describe it as the equivalent to a b-sides album. The story is confusing and dated, the pictures often don't match up very well and the black-and-white art feels like leftovers from the original sketchbook. It's truly a slapped-together effort than doesn't hold up very well.

One star for the story and a bonus point for the occasional color pictures along the way. They're pretty nice, at least.

This book is not very good to tell you the truth. The writing is too simplistic even for a very young reader or story-listener and it is choppy and doesn't flow well. The book is, of course, by the famous team who brought us the Runaway Bunny and Goodnight Moon and so I expected a lot from it and was disappointed. However, it is certainly worth looking at because the artwork is so wonderful and we get to see lots and lots more details from the family of bunnies that we met in Goodnight Moon. Any child who has loved the soothing tones of that book will delight in the daytime activities and will have fun pouring over the details in this book. I enjoyed seeing what the Papa Bunny looked like! This really is not the classic that the others are but that doesn't mean it's not a worthy addition to your library. The illustrations alone are a treat and will be loved by all. Enjoy it for what it offers and if nothing else just put your self in the shoes of millions of little kids...pretend you can't read! Don't let reading stop you from enjoying the warmth and fun of the loving Bunny family. It would really be a shame to miss this.

I probably have to read this book 5-6 times a day to my 1 year old son. (Actually, I have to read most of his books 5-6 times a day. That's part of the joy of having a toddler!) I dread each time he comes to me with "My World" held high. The beauty of "Goodnight, Moon" is in its rhythm - it is pleasant to read out loud. Brown's "The Big Red Barn" also has a fairly good rhythm. This book is jarring and discordant, almost as if Brown wanted to display the English language at its clumsiest. The illustrations are decent, but not great. Do yourself a favor. Your toddler will listen to anything. Buy him/her some Sandra Boynton books, or something from the "Tender Mercies" series. Buy "Goodnight Moon". Buy Dr. Seuss, (especially "In a People House"!) Don't buy "My World".

I see this book didn't get the best reviews. I can understand that. It appears to be a book with no meaning, but to my suprise, I found that kids see it much differently than adults. It is a concept book that contrasts things that are the childs by saying "my", and things that are someone elses, like "daddys", or "mommys". My daughter would ask questions like "is that my comb"? Anyways, it works well as a night time book. It is short and sweet, and it makes sense to kids! I think it is a really creative different book.

After reading other reviews for this title, I must say, I was certainly skeptical about My World. However, all I needed to do was introduce it to my 18 month old to turn my skepticism around into utter delight. Rachel loves Goodnight Moon but it seems that My World scores even higher on her book list! The story is told through the eyes of a child, observing the big world around him/her which can, at times, be overwhelming and, let's face it, big. The book's wording exhibits loose associations at times (childlike), an inconsistent structure (again, childlike), and unusual illustrations, which, as we have seen in "Moon" capture the detail-oriented eye of a child, reading after reading.
The book's wording lends itself to a repetitive, rhythmical reading, perfect for lulling that little one into la-la land- my husband has this down to a science.
The best part of this book is the way it enhances a parent's appreciation for their child's world view. Awesome!

I understand why some of the other reviewers did not immediately love this book. The rhymes are not as simple and catchy as "Goodnight Moon". However, the overwhelming simplicity and sweetness of the book is captivating and grows on you over time. It is slow and gentle. My 2 year old son loves this book and my husband loves reading it. This is real literature for children and truly a great book.

After reading some of the disappointing reviews I felt compelled to write. This is a favorite of my son's! I think that's what we need to keep in mind is how the kids respond to it and what it's teaching. Of course it can get difficult having to read the same book five times in a row, but it's wonderful when the kids are so interested in reading! He loves seeing the differences between "my" and "daddy's" objects. The pictures are wonderful an he is mesmerized by the colors. Yes, the text is simple however it is interesting and is not sing-song ish. Enjoy!

When I first read this book to my then one-year old daughter, I thought it was awful! She, however, would pick it up again and again, demanding to read it. It's been one of her favorites for over 9 months. In fact, I'm about to order a new copy because the first has been "loved" to death.

Margaret Wise Brown had such a gift for language and this is one of my favorite books by her. The text is lyrical, almost sing-songy with all the repetitions, and I love reading it out loud. It is so simple and sweet. Both my kids have loved this book, and my younger one really enjoys the pictures and talking about what's in each picture, pointing out which things are Daddy's, which things are Mommy's, and which are baby bunny's. I actually enjoy the pictures too and seem always to find something new in them. The text is somewhat unconventional in its flow, though, so if you're looking for standard rhythm and rhyme, as well as a straightforward narrative, you might not enjoy it.

My son loves this book. I started reading it to him when he was 18 months old and he still finds it enchanting long after he has lost interest in the other books I was reading to him at the time. I am not sure why young children find Margaret Wise Brown/Clement Hurd books fascinating but they do. My son's favorite scene is the kitchen scene. The book has a copyright of 1949 and I thought the scene would be too dated but my son has something to say about it every time we read the book. I love that scene too because it reminds me of my grandmother's kitchen. The book is peaceful, loving and serene.

We got this thing because the previous book, Good Night Moon, was such a hit.
Unfortunately, this is far from that standard. With Good Night Moon, at least there was somewhat of a (weak) storyline and some nice rhyming passages.

With "My World"? It's just crap. The story doesn't make sense, the book isn't connected at all, just random sentences on different pages. On top of that, they aren't even very good rhymes. Plus the lack of attention to detail, like the one page where it mentions "my pajama's", "teddy's pajama's" and "daddy's pajama's" but in the drawing teddy bear is wearing pajama's, there's only one other set of PJ's in the pictures. On other pages of the book, there is always matching sets.

The ultimate test? It didn't pass the kiddy test, couldn't even get past about 3 pages despite multiple tries. In fact, it only became a passable book when I started making up my own stories & rhymes for it. The author must have been on drugs when she wrote this, perhaps riding on the success of that other book. Don't waste your money here.

We love Goodnight Moon. Who doesn't enjoy that nighttime routine staple? We received this (and the Run Away Bunny) as gifts. This book doesn't have the same simple word construct as GM. It's halting, awkward and clear that it was written many years ago. Even if it weren't outdated, it doesn't have the same flow as GM. Wouldn't buy it or recommend it. The Run Away Bunny is really sweet though.

My son has grown up reading the books of Margaret Wise Brown and was very excited to find another book in the series. However this book is not as rhythmic and lyrical as Goodnight Moon and when my son was really young, he did not have the attention span for this book. He did recognize the pictures and liked identifying the objects in the book, and so the book did have some value for us later on. Would buy it from the bargain section if you find it there.

I must be honest. I do not like Margaret Wise Brown nor the artist, Clement Hurd, at all. Her writing is supposed to be intended for kids yet she writes as though she were entering a poetry reading on Haight Street. She refuses to keep a consistent rhythm and forces off-rhymes when an easy rhyme could exist, apparently for the sake of art. It is the stuff anyone could write.
The drawings--all of the drawings--are classic Americana but not pretty just....quaint. This book in particular has some truly wierd looking sketches, which make you wonder if Hurd finally succumbed to whatever troubled Brown.
Good Night Moon is better, but the Big Red Barn is the best of her work, still not very good, but decent.
Russell Hoban is my favorite children's author, and The Little Brute family is my daughter's favorite (along with the Two Sillies--a brilliant piece).

Not soothing like Goodnight Moon, nor whimsical like the Runaway Bunny. There is no "rhyme or reason" to this book; no flow from page to page and often even from line to line. It is almost like an attempt at haiku mishmashed with very random wordplay. Honestly, anyone with a little creativity and a high school degree could write a better book in an hour. My 20 month old daughter doesn't seem to totally hate it, but on the other hand, we'll read many of her other books almost every night. And from the adult point of view, I'd almost rather have my teeth drilled than to have to read from this book. It's that bad.

This little book was touted as the sequel to the classic "Goodnight Moon" by the same author and illustrator. While this book is all right, it does not reach the quality of prose of the original. Nor are the illustrations as detailed and interesting. I especially missed hunting for the mouse on every page.

This collection of short essays and stories is marvellous. I have carried it with me on every trip I have taken since I first read it. I have my grandfather's copy, which has been on a longtime loan (say, ten years...) I am fondest of the essays, which range from clever little tirades against the Telephone Company and the Motor Vehicle Bureau to accounts and commentaries on Thurber's travels in France and Italy. It is really a wonderful wonderful book, very funny and acute. Please read it.

My son loves Goodnight Moon and loves this book too. I like it because it has some pages without words showing a typical scene like a mother cooking breakfast in the kitchen - where we can discuss what is going on. It follows the sequence of a "typical" day and we get to talk about that too. I think it is great!!

Guess I should've known from the title: MY world. But for someone who's actively trying to discourage the "my" and "mine" language of a toddler, this book was a disaster. The entire book is filled with "Mother's chair. My chair." "My spoon. Daddy's spoon." "Bang Bang Bang--My car." You get the point. Plus, I second a previous reviewer's sentiment that I dread every time my daughter brings me this book to read. Look, I absolutely LOVE Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny and will joyfully read those books the gazillion times she asks for them. But this book is awkward and feels like it's trying a little too hard to be cute or arty. I vote NO on this world.

The art, author, and some images are the same, but My World is a disparate set of very short verses, phrases, and repetitions, and doesn't share cohesiveness, cadence, or placidiy with it's better known "companion" Goodnight Moon.

On the other hand, it's a very nice book, very pleasant, not as brief or calming but still a bit of both, and familiar enough to our son even on the first read that he quite enjoys it - and, i suspect, our daughter will too.

Seriously, we threw this book away after the first time we read it to our daughter. It's by far the worst baby book I've ever read. I don't know what on earth the people who liked this book were thinking (relatives of Margaret Brown?)... Sad too, because Goodnight Moon is the gold standard for baby books. If you don't believe me, go ahead and by the book, then throw it away when you're done.

This book is a MUST have if you like Goodnight Moon. It is a little different because it is in more of a poem format, but still very cute! My 1 year old daughter will always grab this book and sit in my lap so I can read it to her.

Updated Review: When we first received this book, we weren't impressed. But over time, this book has become one of our daughter's favorites. For whatever reason, it captures her imagination. Margaret Wise Brown had a very interesting background in children's education and philosophy, so she was ahead of her time.

Original Review: This book is called a companion to Goodnight Moon, but it really isn't.
It's boring, disjointed, and doesn't have the iambic pentameter of Goodnight Moon.
My daughter doesn't care for it, and quite frankly, neither do I.

We are big Goodnight Moon fans. I was excited to see this book advertised as a companion to Goodnight Moon. While it's still colorful like Goodnight Moon, the flow of the book isn't as great. The cadence in Goodnight Moon seems to flow more easily than My World. The story seemed a little more for older children than younger babies. I will still continue to read it to my daughter, but just not as much as Goodnight Moon