As bedtime books go, Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd (HarperCollins, 1947), remains one of the gold standards. But author/illustrator Michael Rex thought the classic ...

For years, Michael Rex churned out children’s books before he cried, ‘Uncle,” giving up the unpredictable freelance life for a steady day job as a high-school art teacher. And then, suddenly, he had a ...

Michael Rex got in on children's book parodies early. In 2008, Putnam published his New York Times best-seller "Goodnight Goon" — a cutely macabre riff on "Goodnight Moon." He followed that success ...

Some years there are just too many good and spooky books to fit in one Halloween roundup. So with a few days left before the witching hour strikes on the 31st, here is a second batch of seasonal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Once upon a time there was...A telephone. A red balloon. A comb and a brush, and bowl full of mush. Not much of a story, you say?

The bedtime of still, quiet darkness. Of the only light being that of the moon. Of a kindly older lady telling you to simmer down and close your eyes. Now, one children's author has a new take on the ...

I found FABULOUS FREE FUN for the kids, with so many parties this weekend! They can listen to Goodnight Goon and go on a scavenger hunt with Ghostbusters at Barnes & Noble, trunk-or-treat and try ...

That old favorite — or not, if you’ve read it 9,392 times, as I have — Goodnight Moon has been parodied, parodied and parodied some more. There was Goodnight iPad: A Parody for the Next Generation, an ...