![]() ![]() Look at ancient religious beliefs, now called animism, where it was thought that things in nature are literally alive. Items which come alive were a popular subject for children’s books of the First Golden Age, but we can go back much, much further than children’s literature. ![]() And all the Jesus toast can testify to the fact that humans are inclined to see faces even where they’re not.) ![]() In children’s drawings, as well as in illustrations for children, we see a lot of suns with faces, animals with eyebrows, houses that look like their windows are eyes, kindly looking cars and so on. Wise Brown understood that children are inclined to see objects as characters within their own narrative, and respond especially well to stories in which toys/objects/trees come to life. In Goodnight Moon every thing is alive everything deserves a goodnight. In the kitchen, forks, spoons and chairs come alive. For children we even animate the things around the house. Horror writers have even filled the hollows in our walls. We fill nature with fairies, sprites and goblins. It’s assumed that Americans (at least) all know the original: WHEN A STORYBOOK SETTING COMES ALIVE ![]() Margaret Wise Brown’s story is so popular, in fact, that it has made its way into popular culture. Critical Analysis of “Full Moon and Little Frieda” | Ted HughesĪs the modern marketing copy says, Goodnight Moon is now a picture book classic. ![]()
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