The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Ray, Mary Lyn

Goodnight, Good Dog

32 pp. | Houghton | May, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-328-85242-7 $8.99
New ed. (2015)

(3) PS Illustrated by Rebecca Malone. In this successful board-book edition, the house and its people are asleep, but a small yellow dog has no interest in going to bed. Repetition in the patterned text creates a calming rhythm. The acrylic illustrations are filled with tranquil shades of blues, purples, and greens. This effective bedtime story reminds kids that fun will be had again when they wake--but first comes sleep.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc. | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2015