# Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/goodnight-moon/

5 people recommended Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Parents recommend this classic bedtime picture book because kids love rereading it and its artwork keeps rewarding repeat readers.

Summary written by Claude from 5 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 4 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Kids love rereading it (1 comment in the sample): "where on your 10th reading you're still noticing little artistic differences from page to page" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50245794))
- Kids of all ages love it (1 comment in the sample): "That is a great book. All my kids loved it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48682065))
- Still a great book (1 comment in the sample): "it’s still a great book for kids" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48686384))

## Other picture books people recommend

- [Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel](https://hackerapproved.com/p/frog-and-toad/): 10 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle](https://hackerapproved.com/p/little-blue-truck/): 3 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bea-wolf/): 3 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak](https://hackerapproved.com/p/where-the-wild-things-are/): 2 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown", https://hackerapproved.com/p/goodnight-moon/ (5 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.