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Goodnight, Baby with Goodnight Moon I bought this book as a special present for my son for his first Christmas, and I was very happy I did. My son enjoys hearing this book read to him before he goes to bed, and the words always seem to calm him more than any other book he reads. Even when he is boisterous, this book lulls him, and I begin to hear his breathing steady as I proceed through the book. This book has also served us well for a long time because there is a lot to look at in the pictures and a changing story in the illustrations that isn't necessarily reflected in the narrative, so he finds something new to look at and comment upon each time we read the book. Because there are not a lot of words per page, the pages go quickly, so a toddler isn't likely to get impatient, and the repetition of the phrases is very soothing. I read an article where a mother used Goodnight Moon to teach her son to say good night to all the things around him, which gave them an excellent routine for getting him to go to bed easily. They would say good night to the moon outside, and then his toys, his clothes, and the light as it was turned off.