Big Bad Bunny [Hardcover]

Franny Billingsley (Author), G. Brian Karas (Illustrator)

Book Description

At home,
in the Mouse House,
Baby Boo-Boo gets no respect.

Just look at her name:
Baby Boo-Boo.

She's no baby!

The word drives her wild in a big, bad way.

And here's Mama Mouse calling, always calling after her,

"Baby! Where are you, Baby?"

It's humiliating.
Mice (and other small persons)
will understand what
Big Bad Boo-Boo does.
It's quite naughty.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

*Starred Review* In a bunny-themed picture book that will prove useful year-round, various elements work together to amplify suspense about a rampaging rabbit: “Big Bad Bunny has long sharp claws. Scritch! Scritch! Scritch!” Shifting from a bold, dramatic typeface to a traditional font, the narrative notes that “in the Mouse House, everything is quiet”; a delicate inset image shows oblivious Mama Mouse tucking in her brood. Suddenly she discovers that Baby Boo-Boo has disappeared. Her desperate search ultimately reveals that mouse and bunny are one and the same, paving the way to tender good-nights. Readers who know Billingsley’s middle-grade fantasies will recognize her delight in language in her first picture book, which features plenty of repetition and onomatopoeia. Karas deftly keeps the monster’s true identity under wraps until the right moment, and his mostly pastel palette and scribbly, nearly silly depictions will raise as many goose pimples as young children can bear. Characters who lose themselves in pretend play appear in many picture books, but this stellar read-aloud offers some fresh new tricks. Preschool-Grade 2. --Jennifer Mattson

About the Author

G. Brian Karas has illustrated many children's books, including Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming, Incredible Me by Kathi Appelt, and the High-Rise Private Eyes series by Cynthia Rylant.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books (February 19, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416906010
• ISBN-13: 978-1416906018
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #290,863 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Big Bad Bunny, January 11, 2009

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Terry A. Ostovar "nanajun" (Asheville, NC) - See all my reviews
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My 3 year old twin grandsons adore this book. They ask for it all the time, they've memorized the whole thing and read it back to me. I first got it from the library and read to them over Skype with a webcam. They whined, I wish I had that book! I suggested they go to the library too, so they did. But we will both need to buy it with how much they adore it. Now they love Spooky Old Tree as well. That was my son's favorite when he was little. He wanted it read over and over again. Now the grandkids do too. We did not know about Big Bad Bunny back then. The nephews have introduced this new scary book to their uncle. I am an author/illustrator and I liked the illustrations as well as the story. True, that it would have been nice to have a dada, but still definitely a 5 star in our family. Like this book, I hope to find more "scary" books out there, that are also well written and present great life lessons.

5.0 out of 5 stars Love, Big Bad Bunny!, June 14, 2008

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Traci C. Nelson - See all my reviews
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We love this book! Highly reccomend it for the child who loves to use their imagination!

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3.0 out of 5 stars Big Bad Mummy, August 23, 2009

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Cl Smith "AfricanJade" (U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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Ihave to confess that I enjoyed reading this more than the one year old I bought it for. I loved the theatrics and I suspectthat by the time she is 3 she will enjoy it more. But this is not for bedtime reading unless you want to be woken with a nightmare. It's a fun book and worth getting.