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April 21, 2006

'Goodnight Moon' exhibit says hello at RISD

PROVIDENCE -- The Rhode Island School of Design's museum kicks off a 12-week exhibition today featuring the artwork of three famed children's book illustrators: Clement, Edith and Thacher Hurd.

Clement Hurd was best known for illustrating "Goodnight Moon,'' a bedtime story that has sold millions of copies since it was first published in 1947.

A life-size, three-dimensional display of the "great green room" from "Goodnight Moon" greets visitors to the exhibit. That room is the setting of the story. The exhibit also features 70 original illustrations from other Hurd family books including "The Runaway Bunny" and "The World Is Round."

Reading sessions are scheduled every Friday at 11 a.m.

-- The Associated Press

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