Hi everyone!
The book, A Kiss Goodnight
by Disney Legend Richard M. Sherman and Brittany Rubiano will release on August 22nd, 2017, I received a copy to review. A Kiss Goodnight is Illustrated by Disney Legend Floyd Norman (who personally worked with Walt Disney, as did Sherman) and Norman’s wife, Adrienne Brown Norman. I wasn’t sure what to expect from the book, which also includes a CD of the song “A Kiss Goodnight” sung by the talented Ashley Brown. The CD is a nice bonus, the song being from the Disneyland Forever soundtrack (I was able to see it sung in person at the Disney D23 Expo in 2015). A Kiss Goodnight is a book aimed toward families – it is written more for kids, but I think this book about Walt Disney as a young boy in Marceline and how that experience brought about fireworks shows at Disneyland – hence the “Kiss Goodnight” – is best read as a family.
In the introduction to the book, Richard Sherman says it took him until the 60th anniversary of Disneyland to realize why it was so important to Walt Disney to have fireworks in his parks. It is a lovely story, and it is the story written about and illustrated in the book. Floyd Norman also writes two pages in the intro, talking about Walt and how he was always looking forward.
The story itself is a simple one as written, but I expect most families that purchase it will be Disney fans and there are parts of the book that will be springboards for discussion. It talks about Walt and how he worked to help pay family bills beginning when he was ten years old. The book follows Walt into adulthood, to Laugh-O-Grams, and then to Hollywood. From Oswald to Mickey to Snow White. Again, the book is aimed toward reading to kids, with a modest amount of writing and lovely illustrations both in black and white and in color. And eventually Walt brought Disneyland and “A Kiss Goodnight” into the world.
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