Bunny Bungalow [Hardcover]

Cynthia Rylant (Author), Nancy Hayashi (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 2 and up

The bunnies have found the perfect bunny home, just right for busy days, snug nights, and lots of bunny fun. And best of all, there’s always time--and room--for warm bunny hugs. Cynthia Rylant has a gift for capturing the special moments in family life that inspire us to cuddle up with our loved ones--nd her bunny story is no exception. With Nancy Hayashi’s tender and whimsical illustrations, Bunny Bungalow is a stop along the bunny trail that no one will want to miss.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

A rabbit family makes a ramshackle house into a comfy home in this soothing book. Rylant's (Bear Days) rhyming text extols the pleasures of fluffy towels, teatime picnics, rocking chairs, hand-knitted blankets and bedtime stories on the porch swing. The five playful bunny children add a mischievous touch to Hayashi's (Cosmic Cousin) delightful, nostalgic illustrations; their livelinessAincluding making horns behind a sibling's head while posing for a family portrait and perching on an upside-down flowerpot to hear a story betterAmakes the world of wash basins, grandfather clocks, iron stoves and a mother in long dress and apron seem real. The book is the literary equivalent of a cup of chamomile tea at bedtime: nothing unexpected, but just the thing when it's time to wind down. Ages 2-6.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal

PreSA family of rabbits move into a bungalow and make it their own. There is not a word wasted in the perfectly crafted rhyming text that details the work and items that go into creating a bunny home. The simple, sweet watercolor-and-pencil illustrations depict scenes such as the rabbits painting their house, one bunny with a green tail, and Father putting up a carrot weather vane as the others watch. This story evokes a cozy feeling thats just right for bedtime.Anne Parker, Milton Public Library, MA
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books (March 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0152010920
• ISBN-13: 978-0152010928
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,414,101 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Cynthia Rylant is the author of numerous distinguished novels and picture books for young readers. In addition to her beginning-reader series: Henry and Mudge, Poppleton, and Mr. Putter and Tabby, as well as her Cobble Street Cousins early-chapter series, she is also the author of the Newbery Medal-winning Missing May, the Newbery Honor Book A Fine White Dust, and two Caldecott Honor-winning picture books.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A warm rhyming book about a bunny family and their new home, November 18, 1999

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Denise Garvin (Madison, WI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bunny Bungalow (Hardcover)

Both my toddler and I really enjoy this book about how a bunny family sets up its new home - all members working and playing together in the process. The pictures give quite a bit of detail while maintaining a cozy feel. Accompanying the visual are sing-song rhymes(about 4 lines per page). It's a very nice book to wind down.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So sweet, October 9, 2008

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Poet Mama (Evanston, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bunny Bungalow (Paperback)

We adore Cynthia Rylant here in our house: she's a children's author in whose books everything is always very wholesome and sweet, with lots of muffins and mugs of tea and people being kind to one another. But she manages to do it without sticky sentimentality--the books just feel honest and warm. This discovery is no different: a charming book about family and home that makes me almost cry each time I read it to my three year old, who adores the lovely, detailed illustrations.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic Children's Book, November 12, 2008

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Elizabeth Bennett (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bunny Bungalow (Paperback)

This is one of our favorite children's books. My four year old daughter asks to read it again and again. We just bought a second copy for my niece for Christmas.

It is an endearing story of a family of bunnies that find a little home and "make it their own." Cynthia Rylant's easy poetic style shares all the things families do together that make them special, like the mother bunny giving her baby bunnies baths, making them warm tea at night, and Daddy bunny reading a bedtime story. My children especially enjoy the little bunnies playing with their little bunny dolls and stomping on the cherries.