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Goodnight Ashley and the Moon, It's Almost Bedtime

Melissa Ryan · 2016
62/100
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The name-personalization concept is genuinely charming for young children — hearing your own name in a bedtime story is a small but real magic — and the moon-and-bedtime theme does exactly what a read-aloud ritual needs. But the story itself is almost entirely a vehicle for the name, with minimal narrative depth, and the identical-across-variants format means there is nothing here that another bedtime book could not offer more richly. A sweet gift idea for a toddler named Ashley; not a standout on its own terms.

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safety98
substance42
craft52
originality50
accuracy72
hype75
age-fit88
human-eye55
Penny’s verdict62
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