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Summary
Even the youngest readers can follow Big Bunny through the city in this brightly illustrated Level A reader!
Here is a foot. . . . and another foot. Through windows, behind trees, and behind buildings, Big Bunny is peeking out. More than one hundred fifty colorful animal characters, busily walking through their city, stop and look at the giant bunny in their midst.
What could all of these clues add up to? Why, it's Big Bunny--a huge balloon, sailing down the street with a smile in the middle of a parade!
Beginning readers will love searching through Steve Henry's detailed spreads for hints, looking for Big Bunny in each spread. The text features brief, simple sentences with no more than one word changing from page to page, making this one of the first books a child will be able to read on their own.
For older readers, an author's note explains the inspiration behind the story, artistic influences, and some of the unexpected treasures hiding on the page. Bold colors and creative cutaways make this a fun read, and there's always some new detail to discover!
The award-winning I Like to Read® series focuses on guided reading levels A through G, based upon Fountas and Pinnell standards. Acclaimed author-illustrators--including winners of Caldecott, Theodor Seuss Geisel, and Coretta Scott King honors--create original, high quality illustrations that support comprehension of simple text and are fun for kids to read with parents, teachers, or on their own!
Level A books, suitable for early kindergarten, are ideal first books for kids to read on their own. One short sentence repeats on every page with one word change per spread. Simple plots are heavily supported by the detailed illustrations. When Level A is mastered, follow up with Level B.
Author Notes
Steve Henry studied illustration and graphic design at the Pratt Institute. His early reader, Happy Cat, received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews calling it "a perfect choice for beginning readers." He lives in New York.
Reviews (3)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 1-Big Bunny is a humongous white rabbit who towers over busy city streets. The inhabitants of this city are anthropomorphized animals who go about their daily activities despite the presence of Big Bunny, who is shown piecemeal-a foot, a hand, a tail- for the early sections of the book. The urban residents are depicted visiting a modern art museum, shopping, playing at a park, and even sunbathing on a roof. Each scene is jam-packed with vibrant details and activities. Readers are guided by simple sentences to search these pictures for parts of Big Bunny, such as large white ears poking out among rooftops and an eye spying on an art class through a skylight. At the end of the book, Big Bunny is revealed in his entirety. An author's note explains Big Bunny's inspiration. VERDICT This simple story with its detailed ink and paint illustrations will please beginning readers.-Laura Hunter, Mount Laurel Library, NJ © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Henry (Cat Got a Lot) offers a light urban mystery as readers catch glimpses of an enormous white rabbit appearing throughout a bustling town. An understated, repetitious text gives children the chance to display their reading skills, as well as their ability to piece together picture clues. "Here is a foot," writes Henry as cats, dogs, and other animals cluster around Picasso-like paintings and Calder-esque mobiles in a museum, a giant white paw visible through the building's glass windows. "Here is a tail," he continues (it's tucked behind some tall trees in a city park, where citizens stroll, sit, and read the paper). None of the animals seems alarmed by the presence of this Godzilla-size bunny-construction workers and library visitors who spot the rabbit's face look downright tickled-which is in itself something of a clue. Each page delivers plenty to pore over, inviting kids to make up their own stories-within-the-story, and the revelation of the bunny's identity (a parade is involved) should elicit some larger-than-life chuckles. Ages 4-8. (Feb.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Big Bunny! Controlled, repetitive text invites children to read short sentences directing them to find "a foota handa tail," and so on. These named body parts belong to a figure that isn't wholly visible until the book's end, provoking readers to search them out in the detailed images. Their stark whiteness makes them stand out on the pages, which depict a busy, vibrant setting reminiscent of those in Richard Scarry books and are likewise populated by anthropomorphic animals going about their days. Shifting perspective and scale make it clear that the creature is not just another one of these animals, and many readers will use the title and cover image to infer that they belong to the eponymous Big Bunny. The reveal at the conclusion is that Big Bunny is not a giant but a large helium balloon of the sort seen in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. While this clever conceit is carried out with accessible text, there is a little quibble: the saturation and intentional busyness of the illustrations leaves little rest for new readers' eyes. The sentences and vocabulary are simple, but finding them on the page is the challenge here. Big fun for new readers who are ready to turn their Where's Waldo skills to finding text. (Early reader. 5-7) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.