The Runaway Bunny Book and Tape [Abridged, Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio Cassette]

Margaret Wise Brown (Author), Clement Hurd (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

Clement Hurd redrew some of his pictures for this new edition of the profoundly comforting story of a bunny’s imaginary game of hide-and-seek and the lovingly steadfast mother who finds him every time.

"Best of the Best" Children's Books 1966–1978 (SLJ)
Outstanding Children's Books of 1972 (NYT)

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Margaret Wise Brown, author of Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny, is one of the best-selling children's book authors of all time. Her unique ability to see the world through a child's eyes gave a new and enduring dimension to picture-book writing. Another Important Book is the companion to her classic picture book The Important Book, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard and first published in 1949.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: HarperFestival; Pap/Cas edition (December 5, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898459958
• ISBN-13: 978-0898459951
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 8.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,567,679 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #4 in Books > Books on Cassette > Authors, A-Z > ( B ) > Brown, Margaret Wise
  • #98 in Books > Books on Cassette > Children's Books > Animals

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Mom wouldn't let me have this book, September 23, 2006

By 

RecoveringRabbit (SF, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Runaway Bunny Book and Tape (Audio Cassette)

I give "Runaway Bunny" only four stars because it appears to mean more to parents than it does to children, and because I recall only wanting to read it, but never actually having the honor.

When I was a kid, my mother refused to let me even check this book out from the library, for fear it was too morbid. She said the possibility of my running away was just too depressing for her--as though I should have been flattered. She may as well have said, "Your taste in books is creepy. And if you ever ran away, I'd never go through such a ridiculous fuss looking for you. I'd be too busy feeling sorry for myself. Let the police do that chore."

Are there any kids out there who were as traumatized by this book as I was by being outright denied it? I finally broke free from decades of my mother's continuing abuse, and ordered the story I'd secretly yearned for as my victory prize.

My daughter will not have to sneak longing peeks at it behind my back. Hopefully she'll be very reassured and pleased by it. If not, I'll pack it up and send it to my own mother-- perhaps it will clue her into why she doesn't hear from me anymore.

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for your young child, June 2, 1998

By 

Hugh Watkins (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)    (REAL NAME)   

This review is from: The Runaway Bunny Board Book and Tape (Share a Story) (Audio Cassette)

This is a must have bedtime story for your young child. My son is 5 now, and I have been reading it to him for several years and he still enjoys it.