"Goodnight Moon"

      As a little kid my favorite book was "Goodnight Moon." I still remember when my parents would come in my room at night and ask me what book i wanted to read. I didn't have to answer, my dad's hand was already on "Goodnight Moon" ready to take it off of the shelf. There was something safe about it; making sure that all things, from combs to chairs, were properly said "goodnight" to. 

       To me reading "Goodnight Moon" was the only way to end the night. I simply couldn't sleep until my parents read it to me, and as hard as they tried I wouldn't read any other book. 

      The way I see it is that people fall into routines that they don't want to break. More specifically little kids. They need a structure, a plan that they can follow. In other words, I needed this book because I didn't want to fall out of tradition. My family read it almost every night and I didn't want that to change. I think part of the reason why is because I was scared to read any other book. I was scared that I wouldn't like it as much as "Goodnight Moon" but even more than that, I was scared that I would end up liking it even more. If I found a new favorite book, "Goodnight Moon" would become less special. I know this sounds completely irrational, because of course people can have more than one favorite book, but it made sense at the time. What can I say, I was five.