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Through these letters, June learns the story of the friendship between her aunt and Margaret Wise Brown, as well as more about the origins of Brown’s Goodnight Moon. Her aunt has left her a scavenger hunt of sorts, asking June to find classic children’s books in the bookstore to find more of the correspondence between Ruby and Margaret. While she’s going through the store, though, she discovers letters written between her aunt Ruby and author Margaret Wise Brown. June has to make the difficult decision of whether or not she can keep the store open. She answers the call to go home, though, to settle her aunt Ruby’s estate, which includes Ruby’s bookstore, opened in the 1940s. June is an uptight business woman who has been ignoring her past and her family. Goodnight June is a novel that imagines a friendship between Goodnight Moon author Margaret Wise Brown and the aunt of the title character, June. When I saw the book Goodnight June by Sarah Jio on the shelves at the library, I knew I had to try it out. Goodnight Moon was one of my favorite books to read to my students–the kids loved to point out their favorite items in the room. I enjoyed the story and the author and look forward to Sara's next book but I have finally put a narrator on a list to make sure I don't get another book with her as narrator.Who doesn’t love Goodnight Moon? I’m sure there must be some heartless readers who don’t enjoy this classic tale by Margaret Wise Brown, but I’m not sure I want to know those people. I have listened to many books and have never had to buy a book to finish it as the narrator was so out of sync with the characters and the book.

No since I had to buy the book to complete the book. Was Goodnight June worth the listening time? The main character sounded as if she were 75 rather than 35 and the narrator totally ruined the story for me and I finally went out and bought a copy of the book. The voice did not match the characters in the story and it sounded as if she were reading a boring classic.

Would you be willing to try another one of Katherine Kellgren’s performances?

I loved the letter format of the Aunt and her friend in NY. Sara Jio transitions smoothly from the main characters to the letter being discovered. I enjoy Sara Jio as her writings are usually light and I can sit in my reading corner or take my daily walks and listen. Good story, easy reading and enjoyable subject. Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?