Goodnight iPad

"Ann Droyd" has written us all a beautiful parody of one of our much loved children's books. As we all fell in love with Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown when we were children, now we can fall in love with the idea of "powering down" for one night. Where Goodnight Moon had a few colors on each page, Goodnight iPad has beeps, boops, taps, and booms jumping off the page. Where Goodnight Moon was designed to put children into a sleepy nighttime haze, Goodnight iPad, just like your ipad, nook, Kindle, phone, television, and computer, will leave you bright eyed and awake.

As adult familiar with children's literature, I believe that this is an hysterical parody. As a child, this book issues a challenge: slow down and calm down. The statement is simple, we do not have to be constantly stimulated by technology.

Incidentally, "Ann Droyd" is a pseudonym for an IRN Children's Choices Winner. Upon investigation in the verso I found that Dave Milgram owns the copyright. He has written books like Santa Duck, I'm Getting a Checkup, and My Mum Goes to Work.

Milgrim, Dave. Goodnight iPad: A Parody for the Next Generation. Blue Rider Press: New York, 2011.