Once upon a time there was...A telephone. A red balloon. A comb and a brush, and bowl full of mush. Not much of a story, you say? So said Anne Carroll Moore, the children's librarian at the New York ...

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It’s the first book many babies receive as a gift, and one of the few that parents will keep when their child is grown. Why does this 75-year-old story have such staying power? Credit... Supported by ...

In the final scene, the table lamp is off, the moon has risen, and the bowl of mush has been eaten. Published by Harper & Bros. in September 1947, "Goodnight Moon" sold an initial 6,000 copies, but ...