Home for a Bunny (Big Little Golden Book) [Hardcover]

Margaret Wise Brown (Author), Garth Williams (Illustrator)

Book Description

Release date: February 11, 2003 | Age Range: 3 - 7 years | Series: Big Little Golden Book

Generations of children have followed this furry, lovable bunny on his journey to find a home. A family favorite since 1956, Margaret Wise Brown’s simple yet playful tale is beautifully complemented by Garth Williams’s exquisite artwork.


From the Hardcover Library Binding edition.

Editorial Reviews

From the Inside Flap

Generations of children have followed this furry, lovable bunny on his journey to find a home. A family favorite since 1956, Margaret Wise Brown's simple yet playful tale is beautifully complemented by Garth Williams's exquisite artwork.

From the Hardcover Library Binding edition.

About the Author

Garth Williams was a prolific illustrator of Golden Books. His illustrations have brought to life Charlotte’s Web, Mister Dog, Home for a Bunny, Stuart Little, and many other children’s classics.

Product Details

• Age Range: 3 - 7 years
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Golden Books (February 11, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0307105466
• ISBN-13: 978-0307105462
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 0.3 x 10.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #55,521 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #72 in Books > Children's Books > Animals > Rabbits

More About the Author

Margaret Wise Brown wrote hundreds of books and stories during her life, but she is best known for Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny. Even though she died over 45 years ago, her books still sell very well. Margaret loved animals. Most of her books have animals as characters in the story. She liked to write books that had a rhythm to them. Sometimes she would put a hard word into the story or poem. She thought this made children think harder when they are reading. She wrote all the time. There are many scraps of paper where she quickly wrote down a story idea or a poem. She said she dreamed stories and then had to write them down in the morning before she forgot them. She tried to write the way children wanted to hear a story, which often isn't the same way an adult would tell a story. She also taught illustrators to draw the way a child saw things. One time she gave two puppies to someone who was going to draw a book with that kind of dog. The illustrator painted many pictures one day and then fell asleep. When he woke up, the papers he painted on were bare. The puppies had licked all the paint off the paper. Margaret died after surgery for a bursting appendix while in France. She had many friends who still miss her. They say she was a creative genius who made a room come to life with her excitement. Margaret saw herself as something else - a writer of songs and nonsense.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A gentle, hope-inspiring story, beautifully illustrated February 13, 1999

By JAS

Format:Hardcover

Home for a Bunny is a gem, both beautifully written and illustrated. Its gentle rhythm is smooth, great for reading aloud, and reminds one of the journey the bunny is taking: "Down the road and down the road he went. He was going to find a home of his own; a home for a bunny, a home of his own, under a rock, under a stone, under a log, or under the ground. Where would a bunny find a home?" The illustrations are by Garth Williams, lending the story extra beauty and realism. (This same man illustrated the Little House on the Prairie books.)

HFAB is also a rarity in baby books in that it has a recognizable plot, with scenes and dialogue. This gives parents a chance to practice their storytelling skills. I enjoy using different voices for the characters (e.g., a low, low voice for the frog, and a nasal one for the groundhog). Plus, having a plot helps develop the child's ability to follow a sequence of events.

And for the crowning praise--it is my 2-year old's favorite book. As soon as we finish reading it, he asks to hear it again, and again, and again. How can a book get any better than that?

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is as good, or better, than I remembered it. May 16, 2000

By Alan R. Holyoak

Format:Hardcover

This was one of my favorite books when I was a child. I even bought a book to have in reserve BEFORE I got married.

Margaret Wise Brown has put together a rhythmic, engaging story about a bunny that seeks for its own place. As the story progresses there are lessons that can be learned and taught about changes of the seasons, and where animals live and what they do.

I like the pictures, the story, the whole ball of wax. We have read this book over and over to our children. When it resurfaces from the bottom of a stack of books it still gets read through a couple of times -- by popular demand!

5 stars all the way.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Home again, home again February 16, 2004

By portledgesteven

Format:Hardcover

What a dear, sweet book. There are very few books I read as a child that I read again for the next generation, but I think we're on the THIRD copy of "Home For a Bunny" because it's read (and slept with) so often.
The illustrations are glorious - simple but colorful - they tell the story but don't get in its way. This helps the book work for children as young as 1 1/2 and as old as 5. The book is "only" about a bunny looking for a home and all the homes and friends he meets while he's looking. But isn't that what we're all doing - trying to find a safe, warm and happy place?

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Home For a Bunny is a Classic! October 1, 1998

By A Customer

Format:Hardcover

Home for a Bunny should be a part of every child's library. This was the first book I learned to read and 25 years later I am buying it for my new baby girl. The colorful pictures, rhythmic text, and the loveable ending are unforgettable. Home for a Bunny is a classic!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars What a great, sweet book! September 9, 2006

By csm TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:Hardcover

This is such a sweet little book! Probably not much past age 5, but the story has a bunny looking for a place to stay or a home of his own. He proceeds to ask everyone he meets if he can live with them and they all say no. However, when he meets a little white bunny, the bunny takes him in and they then live together. The last picture is just so sweet with the two bunnies snuggling together. The illustrations make you touch the page because the bunny looks so fuzzy! It is very much loved in our house and we highly recommend it!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Touching & Memorable May 21, 2005

By Jessica Leeburg

Format:Hardcover

My mother used to read this book to me when I was very small, and even twenty years later, I remember the story of the little bunny trying to find a home so vividly! This is such a sweet story, it ends happily, and it has beautiful illustrations as well. A wonderful exploration of the concept of "home." I'm looking forward to reading it to my own children one day.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Life-long favorite April 18, 2005

By Ellen

Format:Hardcover

My papa used to read this to me when I was a child, and then I apparently grew out of it for a while. I remember coming home from high school during finals week, exhausted. Dad saw me sigh and said, "Well, you're home for a bunny. You can relax now." Memories flooded me and we scrambled to find the book. Now, I've made it a tradition that when a family member or friend is expecting their first child, I give them a copy of this book. It's all about a little bunny(baby)coming home, isn't it? And when I was looking to buy my own first home...well, that's another story.

The writing is sweet and the illustrations charming. Highly recommended. It's a keeper, for sure.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Ruining a classic September 20, 2009

By Miranda Reseigh

Format:Hardcover

Home for a Bunny is one of the best books for children that I have ever read. Having said this, l hope that the people looking at this edition note that there are new illustrations mixed in among the original Garth Williams illustrations. I want the same version that I had when I was three and had the book memorized. New illustrations are completely unnecessary.