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kleinbl00  ·  3452 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: My Issues wih Goodnight Moon

    When Brown first sent the manuscript to Hurd, she included very few instructions, but did enclose a copy of Goya's Boy in Red for inspiration. Without much direction, it took Hurd three attempts to get the outlandish size and flatness of the room just as Brown imagined it.

Mental Floss on Goodnight Moon

I think I remember reading somewhere that the crazy color palette of Goodnight Moon is related to the letterpress production process; rather than doing CMYK they did red green yellow and black. But I might be making that up.