“This felt to us that she built upon ‘Goodnight Moon,’ that this was a natural next step.”Advertisement Continue reading the main storyIt’s not the only new or refurbished Brown book to pop up from HarperCollins recently. And as is so often the case with newly published work from long-deceased authors, there’s a complicated back story. Ms. Gary, for her part, said that she and Ms. Rauch, who died in 2001, had never had such a discussion. Still, “Good Day, Good Night” has a lovely and simple story that is bound to appeal to small children, she said, even if it doesn’t match the seamless rhythm and honey-smooth story progression of “Goodnight Moon.” Maybe nothing can. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“ ‘Goodnight Moon’ had a mystery to its text and to the art, which was so unusual,” she said.

Source: New York Times February 16, 2017 20:48 UTC