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Summary
Sweet little baby bunny is as cute as can be, but turn your back for just one minute and--uh-oh, he's throwing everything overboard! The peachy peaches are going overboard! Squeaky, leaky rubber ducky? He's overboard! And so are the jammies and the diapers and everything else within reach. And when it's finally time to settle down for bedtime, the baby bunny has one last surprise!
Sarah Weeks's charming rhythmic text and Sam Williams's sweet appealing illustrations have come together in a book that mischievous toddlers will want to read again and again.
Author Notes
Sarah weeks was born March 18, 1955 in Ann Arbor Michigan. She received her BA from Hampshire College and her MFA from New York University. Sarah is the author of numerous best-selling children's books including Glamourpuss, Woof!: A Love Story, Sophie Peterman Tells the Truth, If I Were a Lion, the hilarious Mrs. McNosh series, and many more.
Sarah's book, So B. It, made the New York Times bestseller list in 2015.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-This book celebrates the great joy toddlers have in tossing or pulling things "overboard!" With a thick black line and solid expanses of vibrant color-be it orange, green, or fuchsia-the illustrations are animated and energetic. A mischievous duo, a bunny and a mouse, are giddy instigators, cheering as they send a bowl of peaches flying, "splat! splat! splat!" off of the highchair, or as the rubber ducky gets flung out of the tub. Then there's the backpack that's pulled off the table, resulting in a rewarding picnic lunch on the floor and the book that's pushed off the shelf, causing a mess of spilled paint. All of the fun progresses without reprimands but, fortunately, Mama is nearby when bunny goes overboard off the steps. Then it's off to bed but not before one last exuberant, "overboard!" The large, uncluttered illustrations on backgrounds of solid color create the energy while the rhyming text sets the stage for the persistent antics of bunny and mouse. This book is meant to be read aloud with gleeful audience participation each time the page is turned with another delight-filled exclamation.-Martha Topol, Traverse Area District Library, Traverse City, MI (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Weeks (Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash) and Williams (No More Diapers for Ducky!, reviewed above) demonstrate a toddler's seemingly endless fascination with what happens when anything is tossed over the side of, well, everything. This chipper, well-observed book catalogues a host of possible variations on the theme. As Bunny launches aerial bombardments from a highchair, crib, bathtub, stroller and other familiar vantage points, Weeks's rhymes savor the havoc wreaked with every toss, as in this mealtime example: "Drippy, slippy-slidey peaches/ Peachy peaches, nice and fat./ Peaches going.../ overboard!/ Peaches, peaches,/ splat! splat! splat!" Williams's bright saturated colors, charcoal outlines, distilled and cozily familiar compositions as well as an adorable hero or heroine (with an equally charming mouse sidekick) ensure that every fling bubbles with mischievous fun (in one spread, Bunny gives a rubber ducky a fond embrace, then hurls it across the bathroom). The book's ebullience does take a break for one moment of figurative gravity-when the long-eared protagonist becomes determined to toss a toy elephant from the top of a precipitous-looking set of stairs: "Bunny overboard?/ Oh my!/ Good thing Mama's/ right close by." One suspects this vignette was included to assuage grown-ups who spend 95% of their waking hours cleaning up after their overboard-o-philes-a figure, by the way, that is likely to rise to 100% once the kids get hold of this charmer. Ages 2-5. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus Review
A toddler bunny's favorite game is to fling things "Overboard!" Food off his highchair and stroller, items out of his crib, things up on the table, books off the shelf. Nothing is safe, including bunny himself when he almost takes a tumble off the stairs. Luckily, Mommy is nearby to catch him and tuck him into bed. Rollicking rhymes, onomatopoeia and youngsters' sure delight in the not-so-naughty acts of the toddler make this a great read-aloud. "Squeaky, leaky rubber ducky. / Lucky ducky time to fly. / Rubber ducky . . . overboard! / Rubber ducky, bye, bye, bye." Williams's illustrations are adorable--bunny's parents would have a hard time staying angry with someone so cute. Youngsters will enjoy the antics of bunny's mouse sidekick, who is small enough to ride some of the tossed items . . . or at least feast on the edible bits. Bright colors, large illustrations and sweet facial expressions make this a must-share. But beware: Every toddler's true favorite game is mimic. This one might best be enjoyed by the older siblings who pick up after a toddler, or by those who have narrowly escaped toddler-hood. Delightful--for those beyond this baby stage. (Picture book. 2-6) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
PreS. A little bunny thrills with the power of throwing objects overboard: a bowl of peaches at mealtime (splat! splat! splat! ), a rubber ducky at bath time (bye, bye, bye ), and so on through the day. His amazingly patient mama is there to catch him when he goes overboard himself and to tuck him into his crib for the night before he tosses out one last stuffed animal (overboard! )\b in a game that never gets old--for him. Bright and sunny as only a toddler's book on the subject could be, the rhyming, rhythmic text bounces merrily along, while the broad lines and bold colors of the artwork express the same carefree sense of exuberance. This story could inspire the most tiresome sort of play from a caregiver's point of view, yet its slice-of-childhood subject and playful spirit make it a winner in every other way. --Carolyn Phelan Copyright 2006 Booklist