Goodnight Goon: a Petrifying Parody
  • Published: 14 August 2008
  • ISBN: 9780399245343
  • Imprint: Putnam
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $35.00

Goodnight Goon: a Petrifying Parody

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Hardback
14 Aug 2008
Board Book
16 Aug 2012
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This #1 New York Times bestselling picture book parody is the perfect Halloween read!

Goodnight tomb. Goodnight goon. Goodnight Martians taking over the moon.
It's bedtime in the cold gray tomb with a black lagoon, and two slimy claws, and a couple of jaws, and a skull and a shoe and a pot full of goo. But as a little werewolf settles down, in comes the Goon determined at all costs to run amok and not let any monster have his rest.
A beloved classic gets a kind-hearted send up in this utterly monsterized parody; energetic art and a hilarious text will have kids begging to read this again and again.

And keep your eye out for other Mike Rex favorites: We're Going on a Goon Hunt and The Runaway Mummy!
  • Published: 14 August 2008
  • ISBN: 9780399245343
  • Imprint: Putnam
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $35.00
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About the author

Michael Rex


Michael Rex has been writing and illustrating since 1995 and has created more than forty-five books for children, including the #1 bestseller and Halloween favourite Goodnight Goon. His Fangbone! graphic novels have been adapted into an animated TV show, and his recent picture book Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots is being developed for TV as well. He's written for all ages, from simple picture books such as Eat Pete to the illustrated chapter book series Icky Ricky. He travels the country talking about his work with students, has a master's degree in arts education, and also taught high school art for three years in the Bronx.
He has been obsessed with postapocalyptic stories since he was young and has wanted to tell a story like Your Pal Fred for as long as he can remember. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, two teenage boys, and a dog named Roxy.

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We're Going on a Goon Hunt
Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots
Eat Pete
Icky Ricky #4: The Hole to China
Icky Ricky #1: Toilet Paper Mummy
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Praise for Goodnight Goon: a Petrifying Parody

"A clever offering just right for graduates of bedtimes with Goodnight Moon." —School Library Journal "[A] snort-inducing parody of one of children's literature's most sacred texts. . . . [W]hat fun it is." —Kirkus Reviews "[A] lot of fun, and it may inspire kids to come up with their own retellings of other familiar classics." —The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books