Bunny And Me [Hardcover]

Adele Greenspun (Author), Joanie Schwarz (Author)

Book Description

Adorable photos of a chubby-cheeked baby and his funny bunny friend, a decorative design, and a text that's full of wit and joy combine to make a book that will charm readers young and old.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Baby and Bunny pop bubbles, look at books, wear beads, and chase each other through pretty fields and purple gardens. With its soft yellows, violets, and greens, this delicately decorated story about friendship lost and found unfolds in fewer than five words per page. "Baby touches Bunny's nose." "Bunny chases a ball." All goes well, everyone's getting along swimmingly... until "Bunny hops away." Will Baby find Bunny? Only time and a few lovely pages will tell. The mother-daughter team of Adele Aron Greenspun and Joanie Schwarz has created a simple, sweet tale with few words and soft photographs of a sweater-clad baby and a droopy-eared bunny--both real, both adorable. Each picture is elaborately framed with hazy, dreamlike backgrounds of rolling meadows and distant woodlands. There's not much of a story here, but it won't matter; pre-readers will love the unusual pictures and realistic, unembellished language. (Baby to preschool) --Emilie Coulter

From Publishers Weekly

Softly colored photographs of a baby and a lop-eared rabbit depict a tale of companions separated and reunited from a mother-daughter team. Using mirrored poses and activities ("Baby touches Bunny's nose. Bunny touches Baby's toes"), Greenspun (Daddies) effectively establishes a rapport between baby and bunny in the first several spreads. But when Bunny hops off, the compositions of the lone baby look askew and forlorn after the symmetry of the previous pairings; a close-up of the baby's crying face, with only text on the facing page--"Come back, Bunny!"--borders on melodrama. Before long, however, the two are back together: "Funny buddies. Baby and Bunny." Schwarz tints the photos and creates detail and texture for the images' misty, leaf-strewn backgrounds; she also adds borders that layer patterns resembling lace, carved picture frames, ribbons, beading and neoclassical motifs. The combined effect is overwrought and overly formal; the ornate treatment is at odds with the disarmingly plain outlines of this pleasing friendship. Ages 6 mos.
5 yrs. (Mar.)
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: Cartwheel; First Edition edition (March 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 043914700X
• ISBN-13: 978-0439147002
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 9.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #616,176 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!, March 5, 2000

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Andrew Furman (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bunny And Me (Hardcover)

All you have to know is that my two and a half year old nephew (the best critic, if I may so) could not stop smiling and laughing! Terrific for toddlers. I use it with my six year old for beginning reading lessons.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful book for all young children, August 26, 2002

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MJ Meyerson (Petoskey, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bunny And Me (Hardcover)

We have a four year old and an 18 mnonth old and they both love this book. The pictures are beautifully simple, as is the text. My four year old loves the part when the baby loses the bunny (a beautiful image of the baby crying), and rejoices when she finds him again. My youngest likes the rhyme of the text, and the simple pictures. This is a really great book - I highly recommend it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Destined to be a classic, April 28, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Bunny And Me (Hardcover)

I ordered a copy for my 4 month old and he loves it. He stares at the pictures of the real baby and bunny and reaches out to touch the pictures. He does not do this with any other book! I ordered 15 more copies to save and give as gifts to all my friends with babies.