Goodnight Moon Illustrator’s Photo Digitally Snuffed Out

Children’s book librarians and booksellers have been taken aback that the photograph of illustrator Clement Hurd on Margaret Wise Brown’s “Goodnight Moon” has been changed on the latest edition of the bestseller–a cigarette that Hurd was holding for over 50 years has disappeared.

Kansas City children’s bookstore The Reading Reptile has posted a temporary website where you can cast your vote pro or con cigarette here and let Harper Collins know whether you approve of their revision.