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List Price: 6.99
Our Price: $5.99
Product Details
| Shipping Weight: |
0.50 |
| Author(s): |
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd |
| Vendor: |
HARPER COLLINS |
| Publisher: |
HarperTrophy |
| Published: |
03 January, 2006 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| ISBN: |
0064430189 |
| Store Code: |
2650 |
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Description: Since its publication in 1942, The Runaway Bunny has never been out of print. Generations of sleepy children and grateful parents have loved the classics of Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd, including Goodnight Moon. The Runaway Bunny begins with a young bunny who decides to run away: "'If you run away,' said his mother, 'I will run after you. For you are my little bunny.'" And so begins a delightful, imaginary game of chase. No matter how many forms the little bunny takes--a fish in a stream, a crocus in a hidden garden, a rock on a mountain--his steadfast, adoring, protective mother finds a way of retrieving him. The soothing rhythm of the bunny banter--along with the surreal, dream-like pictures--never fail to infuse young readers with a complete sense of security and peace. For any small child who has toyed with the idea of running away or testing the strength of Mom's love, this old favorite will comfort and reassure. (Baby to preschool)
Genre: Fiction; Picture books; Stories; Mother and child; Classics; Brown, Margaret Wise; Preschool Picture Story Books; Rabbits; Juvenile Fiction; Children's Books/Baby-Preschool; Children: Kindergarten; Children: Preschool; Family - General; Social Issues - Emotions and Feelings; Juvenile Fiction / Family / General; Animals - Rabbits; Family - Parents; Social Issues - Runaways;
Average Review: 4 stars
Review: A story every child deserves to be told, with wonderful images, and in perfect size : I bought this book for my son when he just over a year old. I read to him ever since he was born, and he loves books. This book is a good size for small hands, and very resistant for toddlers due to the cardboard pages. I was always able to let him hold it because of that, without having to tell him to be careful with it. And because of the beautiful and colorful pictures that the book has on every other page, he has always been inclined to take the book himself. The story itself is beautiful. It speaks of a little bunny at a "silly" age, where he tells his mother all the things he will do to get away from her. The mother answers each of these "ideas" to run away, lovingly and patiently, telling him HOW she will always run after him, no matter what. The last idea that the bunny has "gets him caught", and he then gives up the thought of running away. The mother's reaction to this is to warmly welcome him back with a homely gesture that is to give him a snack. My son was first drawn to the book by the pictures and the rhythm of the words... and well, he has always loved the "bunny" and "mommy" voices that one can make while reading it aloud. But now that he is almost three, he tells ME the whole story, and starts to giggle when we get to the page where the bunny gets caught. He loves it when I hold him in my arms and start tickling and kissing him at that point. This is definitely his favorite bedtime book. It's a book that has helped strengthen the mother-son bond in my family. It also teaches both mommy and son, if you read between the lines: unconditional love and patience. I already have my older son's copy, but when I have my second son/daughter, I will get him/her a copy of their own. It's a book that belongs on a night table, and that every child deserves to listen to.
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