Goodnight Songs is a Collection of Lullabies by Margaret Wise Brown

Posted on March 9, 2014

Goodnight Songs is a collection of lllabies by Margaret Wise Brown, the author of the Goodnight Moon. Goodnight Moon was firs tpublished in 1947 and has sold over four million copies. Goodnight Songs features the artwork of twelve different illustrators. The list of illustrators includes: Jonathan Bean, Carin Berger, Sophie Blackall, Linda Bleck, Renata Liwska, Christopher Silas Neal, Zachariah OHora, Eric Puybaret, Sean Qualls, Isabel Roxas, Melissa Sweet and Dan Yaccarino. The book cover was illustrated by Isabel Roxas. The book also comes with a companion CD with the songs composed and sung by Emily Gary and Tom Proutt.

Publishers Weekly explains how the lullaby collection came about and how the decision was made to get 12 illustrators for the book. The book was developed over many years as Amy Gary and Sterling's editorial and art teams helped transform old manuscripts and rough drafts into the collection.

Goodnight Songs is available in hardcover format and can purchased on Amazon.com.

Photo: Sterling Children's Books