Boo, Bunny! Book

A Halloween treat for everybunny!

Children's Literature

Is there comfort in pairs? You bet! With just the right amount of tension and suspense built in for a preschooler, this short, rhyming, onomatopoetic tale tells of the trepidation one shy bunny feels when it ventures out alone for a Halloween experience. Very soon though, a second bunny accompanies the first through the dark and scary night. Mack's captivating illustrations include an abundant use of deep black spaces, colorful animals in various costumes, and a menagerie of night creatures, all of which give the reader much to view and comment upon. Teachers of young children will be able to use this book as an example of onomatopoeia and to talk about how different and ominous familiar objects can look in the dark, as demonstrated at the beginning and ending of the book. It is also a good book for inviting children to make up their own stories to go with the illustrations. Reviewer: Maggie Chase