Publishers Weekly wrote of the re-issued edition, 'The volume's words and pictures stretch the boundaries of its time-honored predecessor, affirming that there is, indeed, a warm and welcoming world beyond the great green room.' he book does furnish a pleasant mnemonic device while interest lasts, and there are cozy pictures by Clement Hurd full of familiar, recognizable details to help give a small child a comfortable sense of belonging. My World is for the very youngest readers, onlookers, and listeners of 2 to 4, who will recognize in the snug bunny home many of those first objects they are learning to call by name. Upon its release in 1949, the New York Times wrote of the book, The artwork is composed of alternating spreads, mostly black-and-white with occasional color spreads. I can swing / Right over the world.'Īs with Goodnight Moon, Brown's text is minimal, with a dreamlike quality and a narrative that conforms to a child's sense of logic.

The book ends with his parents sitting nearby as the rabbit child swings from a tree branch, thinking 'Your world. But certainly my chair.' The child engages in various activities in parallel to his parents: brushing his teeth, playing with his toy car, etc. The child's understanding of the world exists in relation to his parents: 'My slippers. My World features what appears to be the same rabbit child from its predecessor, but the bunny's consciousness now expands in scope beyond the green bedroom to a wide world. My World, The Runaway Bunny, and Goodnight Moon have been published together as a collection titled Over the Moon.

In addition to multiple octavo and duodecimo paperback editions, My World is available in a board book edition, a book whose pages are actually stiff cardboard to make it suitable to give to a very young child. In 2001, HarperFestival republished the book, recolored by Thacher Hurd. My World was out of print by the 1970s, with some speculating that one scene showing the mother, father, and child sharing the bathroom may have been scandalous for that time period. It is dedicated to Clement Hurd's son Thacher Hurd (who was born shortly before it was published).

My World was published in 1949, just two years after Goodnight Moon. The third book in Brown and Hurd's 'classic series' (or ' Runaway Bunny' series), it is the 'companion' to Brown & Hurd's Goodnight Moon. My World: A Companion To Goodnight Moon is an American children's picture book written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd.

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