Goodnight Moon
admin | September 7, 2008
“Goodnight Moon” by Margaret Wise Brown was always one of my favorite books, as a little one. I remember the imagery and colors so clearly, the primary reds, greens, and yellows. Buttercup feels the same way, in fact, like me, one of her first words, was moon.
In the back of our copy, there’s a picture of the illustrator and the writer. Buttercup points to the picture of the illustrator, and I tell her that it’s the picture of the man who drew the pictures. She’s remarkably impressed by that, and she raises her delicate little hand to point to the pictures she’s drawn that I hang on the walls of the nursery. I say, “Yes! Just like you draw pictures!” She smiles so brightly, and I try and hold them in my hands, those two ideals of childish art and adult art. I often find myself believing that hers is greater, more real, done with more delight. My artist.
