I realized the other day that I rarely blog about picture
books, and I don’t know why. I LOVE
PICTURE BOOKS!!! So, I decided that I am
going to focus on some wonderful picture books.
When I was a kid Little Golden Books were very popular. Recently, Jon Scieszka and Mac Barnett
released Battle Bunny, a book that takes us back to the good old days of Little Golden
Books. Of course with about everything
Mr. Scieszka does there is quite the twist.
Alexander received a lovely birthday book from his Gran
Gran. It is a sweet story about how
Bunny celebrates his birthday. Well,
Alexander will have none of this. Soon
Bunny is transformed into Battle Bunny.
The real birthday boy crosses out words and lines and changes this cute
bunny into a terrorist determined to destroy the forest. It gets so bad in the forest that the
President sends Air Force One to eliminate Battle Bunny.
I read this book to my third graders. A funny thing happened on the way to enjoying
the book. First, the boys concern that
Mr. Scieszka and Mr. Barnett were going to get into BIG trouble for writing in
someone’s book, and passing it off as their own. Second, they thought it was
disrespectful that they ruined Matthew Myers’ pleasant illustrations. I was shocked that it took a while for these
kids to get that Birthday Bunny is not the real book.
After the second read through the real laughter
started. Since that day the book has
been in someone’s book box. I have no
idea what condition it will be in at the end of the year, but with every great book I end up purchasing another copy.
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