Home for a Bunny FROM OUR EDITORS
Hop along with a cuddly brown bunny as he searches for a home in this newly reformatted classic! Growing to a larger-sized edition but keeping that familiar Golden Books feel, Home for a Bunny captures the springtime sweetness and warmth that generations of fans have come to adore. This bunny will surely find a welcome home on your child's bookshelf.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
This classic story by Margaret Wise Brown (author of Goodnight Moon), illustrated by Garth Williams (illustrator of Stuart Little) is now available as a Little Golden Storybook. This collectible hardcover edition is the perfect addition to Easter baskets or just for reading at bedtime.
FROM THE CRITICS
Publishers Weekly
Random House launches Big Little Golden Books with a quartet of vintage titles in a new, larger trim size. First published in 1942, The Poky Little Puppy by Janette Sebring Lowrey, illus. by Gustaf Tenggren, stars a curious canine who just can't keep up with the pack. In Scuffy the Tugboat by Gertrude Crampton, illus. by Tibor Gergely, Scuffy sets out to see the world but soon decides to go back where he belongs-the bathtub. It's springtime in Margaret Wise Brown's Home for a Bunny (1956), illus. by Garth Williams, and a brown rabbit looks for a place to live. After interviewing other animals about their abodes ("I would fall out of a nest," he explains to the robin), he finally finds the right match. In The Fuzzy Duckling (1949), a counting book by Jane Werner Watson, illus. by Alice and Martin Provensen, a baby duck meets other animals including "two frisky colts," and "six lively lambs/ with thick soft fleece," but none will join him for a walk through the woods.
Children's Literature - Jackie Kirby 0307105466
Spring awakens with leaves and flowers blooming and birds bursting out of their eggs. The frog, groundhog and robins sing about spring's arrival. But, this springtime tale is about a brown bunny searching for the perfect place to call home. As the bunny hops down the road, he sees the robins in their nest. The nest is not a good place for his home because he might fall out of it. He sees a frog in a bog when he continues down the road. The bog is not a good place for his home because he might drown. He sees a groundhog by a log when he continues down the road. The groundhog refuses to welcome him in the log, so he continues his journey. He sees a white bunny that lives under a rock, under a stone, down under the ground. When the white bunny welcomes him in her home, the brown bunny knows he has found a perfect place to call home. Simple vocabulary, predictable rhyme and repetition make this an enjoyable book for young children to listen to and easy for young readers to read. The double-page spreads show the brown bunny's journey down the road in search of a home. The illustrations of the bunny's journey also reinforce the birth of spring with lush green foliage, wildflowers of various colors and shapes, baby birds bursting out of their eggs and butterflies flying by. This book is a part of the "Big Little Golden Book" series. 2003 (orig. 1956), Golden Book/Random House,
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