The Goodnight Moon is the second studio album by the American indie rock band Rookie of the Year, released by One Eleven Records on April 11, 2006.

[2] It was Rookie of the Year's first release as a full band, after originally being formed as an acoustic solo project of lead vocalist Ryan Dunson.

According to Ryan Dunson in a lyric feature on Euphonia Online, "This song is about loving someone even though they have lied to you before.

"[4] AbsolutePunk.net's Rohan Kohli stated on the music website, "I instantly fell in love with the gorgeous vocals, lush, soaring choruses, smooth, harmonic guitar leads, and the heaps upon heaps of layers and accents.

"[3] In support of the album, the band took part in the 2006 Warped Tour.