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The Runaway Bunny
by Margaret Wise Brown
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Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Clement Hurd
ISBN13: 9780060775827
Condition: NEW
Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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A little bunny keeps runningaway from his mother in an imaginative and imaginary game of verbal hide-and-seek; children will be profoundly comforted by this lovingly steadfast mother who finds her child every time. The Runaway Bunny, first published in 1942 and never out of print, has indeed become a classic. Generations of readers have fallen in love with the gentle magic of its reassuring words and loving pictures.
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)
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| Runaway Bunny |
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This book is larger than the books they sell in the store. Great story, love it! Thank you!
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| Cost-cutting illustration poor |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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Only rated 3-stars due to illustrations. What a dissapointment to find black and white illustrated pages mixed in between the colored pages in this beautiful children's book written in the 40's. I suppose, in and attempt to cut cost. Poorly reproduced.
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| Timeless love, mother to child |
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My 21-year old daughter is far away, and in harm's way. I just finished packing up a box that will go on its way to her in the next few days. In it are some warm underthings, several pairs of good wool socks, and a few small trinkets I hope she likes. There's a card, too, and on the inside I wrote, "Have a carrot" before finishing it off with a big cheery smiley face.
In my home, between my children (the aforementioned girl child and my son, her 13-year old brother) and me, "The Runaway Bunny" has long been a touchstone of sorts. When I use the words "Have a carrot", my children know that I am reassuring them once again that no matter how far away they go, how old they get or what they try out during their growing up years, I will always, always, always, always, always, always, ALWAYS love them and be there for them.
This book is a special part of my relationship with both my kids. I'm sure that when they have kids, it will become a part of my grandchildren's lives, too. Some books transcend time and persist past fads. "The Runaway Bunny" is definitely one of them.
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| An Essential Book about Parental Love |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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This is a delightfully comforting story of a little bunny who decides to run away from his mother. When she informs him that she intends to follow him, he invents many imaginary scenes in which he is transformed into something else and escapes. His mother enters each scene to complete it with an image of reunification: she becomes a fisherman to catch her trout, a gardener to find the hidden crocus in a garden, a tree for the bird to fly home to, and so on. The illustrations change pleasingly page-to-page so that the imaginary scenes are in color, and the dialogue in black-and-white. Children who have enjoyed Goodnight Moon will recognize an intertextual allusion when the bunny pretends to be a little boy running into a house, and this will add to their pleasure in the story.
This book playfully and gently underscores the unconditional love children ought to expect from their parents, and echoes God's own relentless pursuit of human souls to be included in His household (Psalm 139:7-12; Ephesians 1:4-6). It is an essential addition to any child's library, but may be especially well suited for children who who experience anxiety about their place in the family -- siblings of a new addition to the family, new adoptees, or children who have experienced trauma.
Although it is available in board book format, it may be best appreciated by children who are old enough to enter into focused imaginary play -- about age two or three. By this time they should be ready for a paperback or hardback edition.
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| a classic for all time |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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This book is like Good Night Moon- it has been around for generations and is not going away any time soon. It is a classic, and one that was read to me as a child; I read it to my children, and now have purchased it for my first grandchild. The story is timeless and always makes me tear up. And the illustrations are wonderful. It belongs in every child's library.
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