Amazon.com Review
What parent hasn't heard the bedtime line: "Pleeease, just a little longer?" Young Rabbit is a true expert on wheedling a few more minutes out of his weary parents. After all, he's only just started playing, and he's built this really cool race track for his cars, and he has to find the tow truck after he crashes into his little sister's nightstand and knocks something over (waking her up in the process). However, by the time his parents have reached the end of their rope, Rabbit seems to have disappeared. Luckily, a snore from behind the couch gives them the clue they need to finally get that bunny into bed. But guess who's wide-awake and wanting her oatmeal now!
Swedish author/illustrator team Lilian Edvall and Sara Gimbergsson capture a most common childhood moment with freshness and humor. The rabbit family is adorable and wonderfully familiar, right down to our hero's mischievous eyes, little sister's yawns, and Mommy and Daddy's tolerance-wearing-thin expressions. Readers on both sides of the go-to-bed issue will enjoy this playful, charmingly illustrated bedtime story. (Ages 4 to 7) --Emilie Coulter
From School Library Journal
PreS–Rabbit, who is busy playing with his cars, can't believe it's time to go to bed. Although his parents keep insisting, the youngster takes just a few more minutes, then a few more, and a few more, until he accidentally wakes up his baby sister. He hides behind the sofa–and finally falls asleep. The expressive illustrations perfectly capture Rabbit's activities and moods. The bucktoothed bunnies wear clothing and are posed like humans, and the muted colors reflect the evening setting. Told from a childlike point of view, this satisfying tale hits all the right notes on the rocky road to bedtime, from the frustratingly single-minded child to the aggravated and exhausted adults to, ultimately, the warm and reassuring message that Mommy and Daddy love Rabbit no matter how irritated they get.
–Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Maryland School for the Deaf, Columbia Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
