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Summary
Emily Brown's rabbit, Stanley, is NOT FOR SALE.
Not even to her Most Royal Highness Queen Gloriana the Third.
Not even for all the toys Emily Brown could ever desire.
So when naughty Queen Gloriana steals Bunnywunny away, Emily Brown sets out to get him back. Along the way, she shows the queen how to love a special toy of her very own. The popular author of How to Train Your Dragon teams up with the author/illustrator of Oscar and Arabella in this irresistible picture book.
Author Notes
Cressida Cowell was born on April 15, 1966 in London. She went to Oxford where she studied English, and at St Martin's and Brighton University where she learned illustration. Cressida also won the Nestle Children's book award. She is known for writing the Hiccup series of books. Some of her titles include: How to Train Your Dragon, How to Be a Pirate and How to Speak Dragonese. Her title How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2013. In 2014, she made the list again with her title - How to Train Your Dragon: How to Betray a Dragon's Hero.
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Reviews (6)
Publisher's Weekly Review
This effervescent collaboration introduces a spunky girl who embarks on fanciful adventures with Stanley, her old gray stuffed rabbit. One day, as Emily and Stanley are "launching themselves into outer space to look for alien life-forms," the chief footman to Queen Gloriana the Third arrives at the door, announcing that the royal wants Emily's bunny in exchange for a new gold teddy bear. Deeming the bear "horrible" ("It had staring eyes and no smile at all"), the outraged lass politely refuses the offer. Next, while the duo is motorbiking through the Sahara, an army captain extends the queen's new terms: in exchange for Stanley, she'll give Emily the teddy and 10 dolls that say "Mama, Mama." Still no deal. After the navy and the air force attempt to bribe the unyielding girl, special commandos sneak into her bedroom one night and steal Stanley. The infuriated youngster storms into the castle, where she rescues Stanley (miserable from the queen's attempts to clean him up) and hands the young monarch the new gold teddy, instructing her to play and sleep with him, and to "be sure to have lots of adventures. And then maybe one day you will wake up with a real toy of your OWN." Cowell (How to Be a Pirate) slyly slips a worthy message into her whimsical tale, which is given ample comic dimension by Neal's (Oscar and Arabella) zany and inventive mixed-media illustrations. Ages 3-7. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
A queen makes repeated attempts to trade valuables for a girl's stuffed-animal rabbit, Stanley. The story's matter-of-fact telling is hilariously undercut by Monty Python-esque absurdity (""One day, Emily Brown and Stanley were launching themselves into outer space...when there was a rat-a-tat-tat! at the kitchen door""), and the mixed-media art is favorably reminiscent of Lauren Child's surrealistic tableaux. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Booklist Review
Emily owns an old stuffed rabbit named Stanley. One day, a footman appears and informs her that the queen has noticed her bunny and is offering a brand-new teddy bear in exchange. Emily isn't interested even after the queen ups the ante, offering dolls and rocking horses in addition to the bear. Then Emily wakes up, and Stanley is gone. Very cross, she runs to the palace, but when she confronts the queen, she decides to share the secret of how to love the new teddy into the perfect shape: Play with him . . . sleep with him . . . hold him . . and be sure to have lots of adventures. Adventures make up much of the book here, as Emily and Stanley go to the rain forest and the desert in artwork that is sometimes collage and sometimes squiggly drawings, dabbed with color. Pair this satisfying story with Mo Willems' Knuffle Bunny (2004); with her fried-pancake eyes, Emily could be a cousin to Willems' Trixie. --Ilene Cooper Copyright 2007 Booklist
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 2-One day, Emily and her rabbit are launching themselves into outer space to look for alien life-forms when they are interrupted by the Chief Footman to Queen Gloriana. He offers to trade a golden teddy bear for Bunnywunny. "`No, thank you,' said Emily Brown. `This rabbit is NOT for sale. And his name isn't Bunnywunny. It's STANLEY.'" But Queen Gloriana will not take no for an answer, and repeatedly sends her military staff to offer undesirable toys to Emily in trade for her rabbit. After several more refusals from an increasingly irritated little girl, the special commandos sneak into her bedroom at night and steal Stanley. Emily Brown storms the palace and confronts the queen, who cannot understand why Bunnywunny looks so miserable. So Emily takes pity on the silly queen and whispers the secret of how to have a happy toy. This gem of a book features a spunky child with a terrific imagination. The wacky illustrations, done in collage, pen and ink, and watercolor, perfectly depict the joy and energy of the companions' playtime activities. The exuberant text makes use of various fonts and cartoon-bubble dialogue. This book has loads of child appeal. Emily Brown clutching Stanley brings to mind Mo Willems's equally expressive Trixie and her beloved Knuffle Bunny. Pair these two books for a delightful storytime about favorite bunnies.-Martha Simpson, Stratford Library Association, CT (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Guardian Review
The importance of love in relations between humans and soft toys is the lesson Emily teaches the Queen. Emily and Stanley have a life of imagination and adventure, launching themselves into outer space, exploring the waters of the deep and climbing trees in the Amazon forest. Of course the Queen wants just such a companion as Stanley. But he is Emily's, and no amount of royal threat or blandishment will make her give him up. Resorting to royal theft, the Queen finally gets her hands on Stanley, but what is a toy without a loving owner? Neal Layton's illustrations capture both the vigour and the dreaminess of childhood imagination. Caption: article-juliabriefs.2 The importance of love in relations between humans and soft toys is the lesson Emily teaches the Queen. - Julia Eccleshare.
Kirkus Review
Emily Brown and her rabbit, Stanley, suffer multiple intrusions into their fantastical adventures. The queen, who covets "Bunnywunny," sends successive interlopers--the Chief Footman, the army, the navy and the air force--who offer increasingly numerous toys in trade. Emily won't bite, of course, but "special commandos" steal Stanley in the dead of night. The determined girl arrives at the palace to find that the young queen has laundered Stanley pink in the royal washing machine, and royal dressmakers have rendered him overstuffed and unsmiling. Retrieving Stanley, Emily sagely advises the queen on how to make a toy her own: "You take that brand-new teddy bear and you play with him all day . . . Hold him very tight and be sure to have lots of adventures." Cowell's text is a well-structured delight, rife with repeated "rat-a-tat-tats." While Layton's playful mixed-media illustrations evoke Ludwig Bemelmans and John Burningham, they're fresh and funny, providing plenty to pore over. This empathetic yet rollicking treatment will ring true with kids, making this a great candidate for family read-alouds. (Picture book. 3-7) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
