'If you want more from Goodnight Moon author Margaret Wise Brown, Big Red Barn is the book for you! Sharing a similar rhythm to Goodnight Moon, Brown takes us on a tour of a barn. Bond's newly added drawings have a simplicity that suits the story. 'Brown's melodic text is beguiling, while its subject'the big red barn that houses a menagerie of animals and their offspring'will have instant appeal to young children. In joyous and exuberant pictures, Felicia Bond lovingly evokes Margarett Wise Brown's simple, rhythmic text about the cycle of a day on a farm, where a family of animals peacefully plays and sleeps. And they all lived together by the big red barn. There were horses and sheep and goats and geese - and a jaunty old scarecrow leaning on his hoe. Pictures, Felicia Bond lovingly evokes Margaret Wise Brown's simple, rhythmic text about the cycle of a day on a farm, where a family of animals peacefully plays and sleeps.

Felicia Bond's atmospheric illustrations add to the tranquil simplicity of this gentle story.īig Red Barn makes a lovely baby shower gift and is a wonderful addition to any preschooler's library. In the barnyard there are roosters and cows, horses and goats, and a pink piglet who is learning to squeal. Margaret Wise Brown's simple, rhythmic text about the cycle of a day on a farm, where a family of animals peacefully plays and sleeps, has charmed generations of children.Īs in her classic Goodnight Moon, Brown engages children and helps settle them down for sleep as they follow along with the animals from morning to night in the barnyard.

Bond's newly added drawings have a simplicity that suits the story (about the cycle of a day on a farm). About the Book 'Brown's melodic text is beguiling, while its subject-the big red barn that houses a menagerie of animals and their offspring-will have instant appeal to young children.

Big red barn by margaret wise brown