Recently we took Tate to an exhibition called “The ABC of It: Why Children’s Books Matter” at the main New York library (Stephen A. Schwarzman Building). The purpose of the exhibition is to explore the importance of children’s books. Our main reason for going was to take Tate to see a replica of the Great Green Room from Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown. Goodnight Moon is one of Tate’s favourite books, especially to read before bed!

Here are some of the fun things we saw at the exhibition:

Tate and Richard reading an old book.

We couldn’t work out why the car was there but it was fun to drive!

Tate had fun with the AEIOU. The close up will show why!

Each letter had one permanent letter (the vowel) and a wheel to move with other letters to make words.

Great Green Room

Reading Goodnight Moon in the Great Green Room.

Alice in Wonderland.

The original Winnie the
Poo stuffed toys. They’ve certainly changed!