Bunnies on the Go: Getting from Place to Place [Hardcover]

Rick Walton (Author), Paige Miglio (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up

From train to tractor, from boat to balloon, join the fun as an active bunny family takes a cross-country vacation.

The team who celebrated the alphabet in So Many Bunnies and telling time in Bunny Day now introduces young readers to different modes of transportation. All family vacations should be this much fun!

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 1-The bunnies that introduced wee ones to the alphabet, counting, and time are back in this merry little travelogue. The family sets off for a vacation filled with just about every mode of transportation imaginable, including a car, train, ferry, tractor, and, finally, an airplane ride home. The rhyming text allows children the chance to shout out the missing last word before the turn of the page: "Bunnies pedal over the hills,/Chasing, racing, taking spills,/Jumping ditches, getting stuck./Now, bunnies, hop into the-." Each colorful spread is dominated by a particular conveyance and hides a visual hint on how the creatures will get to their next destination. For the story's sake, these animals have handlike paws. The closing spread fails to show how the bunnies get from the airport to their home, an omission that stops the fun of the visual game. Still, the book is amusing, and children will enjoy guessing the next words and looking for the clues.
Bina Williams, Bridgeport Public Library, CT
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

PreS-Gr. 2. And go, they do! A family of five bunnies takes twelve different modes of transportation on a cross-country vacation. On each spread a visual clue foretells the next kind of travel, and the last word of the rhyming text is left off, to be revealed on following page. The anticipation and the guessing game work together to forestall questions about the time frame: How long are the bunnies gone? The question is subtly dealt with when the family returns home to find green vines climbing the walls of their home: the potted plant depicted on the opening pages has apparently been growing for some time. As in the three previous Bunnies books by this team, the detailed illustrations are lively and colorful. Preschoolers may need some help understanding the ending, but most kids will quickly catch on to the gimmick and scrutinize the picture scenes for hints about the mode of transportation the bunnies will choose--from train to tractor, from boat to balloon. An entertaining story and a fun approach to language development. Julie Cummins
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (January 21, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060291850
• ISBN-13: 978-0060291853
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 10.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #195,576 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Book for Preschoolers, November 26, 2003

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This review is from: Bunnies on the Go: Getting from Place to Place (Hardcover)

Bunnies on the Go is a great book for preschoolers. My 2 1/2 and 4 1/2 year old grandsons love So Many Bunnies so I brought this one home from the library. Perhaps because they are boys, they don't care if the illustrations are cute little bunnies but what really holds their interest in this book is the figuring out which vehicle will be on the next page. There is a visual clue and a rhyming clue--they find this aspect of the book highly entertaining--and I thought it was pretty clever too. They just love it when they know the answer. As an adult I wonder how many times would they want to read this book since it doesn't take long to know what comes next, but children love repetition so I recommend buying this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bunnies are a big hit with our shorties, December 12, 2008

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This review is from: Bunnies on the Go: Getting from Place to Place (Hardcover)

This book has been a perennial favorite of my nephews and niece for many years. This is not the most literary, hip book that I've given them, but the one that they ask me to read the most. I think the simple story works well with the toddler set, and the bunnies are cuties.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a favorite in our house...., December 29, 2006

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This review is from: Bunnies on the Go: Getting from Place to Place (Hardcover)

Bunnies you'll be travelling far...now every bunny into the CAR!