Honey Bunny Funnybunny (Beginner Books(R)) [Hardcover]

Marilyn Sadler (Author), Roger Bollen (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 21, 1997 | Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up | Series: Beginner Books(R)

It's not easy being Honey Bunny Funnybunny--P.J. Funnybunny's little sister. Like most big brothers, P.J. loves to tease and play jokes on his little sister. Poor patient Honey Bunny puts up with almost everything. But the jokes stop short when P.J. paints the sleeping Honey Bunny's face bright green. Mr. and Mrs. Funnybunny are hopping mad...From now on, things are going to be different in the Funnybunny household! But does Honey Bunny really want something different?  

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It's not easy being Honey Bunny Funnybunny--P.J. Funnybunny's little sister. Like most big brothers, P.J. loves to tease and play jokes on his little sister. Poor patient Honey Bunny puts up with almost everything. But the jokes stop short when P.J. paints the sleeping Honey Bunny's face bright green. Mr. and Mrs. Funnybunny are hopping mad...From now on, things are going to be different in the Funnybunny household! But does Honey Bunny really want something different?  

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (January 21, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0679881816
• ISBN-13: 978-0679881810
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 0.4 x 9.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #242,413 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars No more Honey Bunny Funnybunny, please, May 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Honey Bunny Funnybunny (Beginner Books(R)) (Hardcover)

Although I do not often become too excited about the negative aspects of children's book, I feel the negatives in this one outweigh the positive.

Little sister learns that the wrong kind of attention is better than no attention at all; that you can EITHER be abused or neglected. That having polka dots painted on your face (or maybe scratches or bruises) is some kinds of a sign of affection or love.

Brother learns that withholding love makes you a winner and makes you so you never have to apologize.

These "lessons" are shown everyday in our schoolyards where our kids are teased cruelly. We don't need books, let alone children's books, to show us this, to extol this.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This does NOT belong under the Dr Seuss imprint, December 13, 2002

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stewzle "alleys15" (Bay Area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Honey Bunny Funnybunny (Beginner Books(R)) (Hardcover)

This book does not send a message in line with other Seuss books such as Horton Hears a Who and The Lorax. The stories written by Dr Seuss were either nonsensical fun, or morality stories wrapped in made-up language that appeals to children. The story of Hunnybunny Funnybunny by Margaret Sadler is neither. While on the surface it is a tale of sibling rivalry, it really is more about preferring negative attention rather than none at all.

PJ Funnybunny's "teasing" of his sister Hunnybunny is sometimes silly, but sometimes legitimately punishable offenses. How many parents would laugh if their child "poured mashed carrots" on his or her sibling's head "everynight" as PJ does to Hunnybunny? Or if one sibling painting the others' face during the night? And the Funnybunny parents do nothing until Hunnybunny finally complains? It is very sad when in the end Hunnybunny translates this persistent torture into "love", preferring it to PJ's disregard, and her mother reinforces this. We can only assume that after Hunnybunny hugs her brother for painting her face bright blue while she slept, he goes back to humiliating her in various ways.

The parents who laugh this off as a funny, harmless story are forgetting that self-esteem is built when children are very young. How they are treated by their parents and siblings shapes how they allow others in their lives to treat them. My husband bought this (without reading it first, as we usually do) because my daughter asked for it (because the cover is pink). He was horrified when he read it, as was I. We have removed it from our children's book collection, because this story reinforces negative behavior and reactions to that behavior. I not only do not recommend it, I steer people away from it at every opportunity.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Head in the Sand, May 12, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Honey Bunny Funnybunny (Beginner Books(R)) (Hardcover)

This is a wonderful book for children if you want boys to think it is their right to abuse girls and for girls to think they have to endure abuse in order to be accepted. It teaches boys that to withhold affection is the key to success. I really can't believe that a female wrote this book, as it is about as blatantly chauvinistic and "old school thinking" as I have read in years. Children are impressionable by what they see on television and what they read; to think otherwise is having your head buried in the sand. This book does not portray acceptable behavioral patterns for people of any age.