A little rabbit in blue and white striped pajamas has been lulling children to sleep

Author: Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator: Clement Hurd 
Published: HarperCollins, 1947

In the great green room
There was a telephone
And a red balloon
And a picture of -
A cow jumping over the moon.

A little rabbit in blue and white striped pajamas has been lulling children to sleep for over 30 years. The quiet simplicity of Goodnight Moon makes it an enduring favorite, one of the most popular children's books of all time.