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Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale
by Mo Willems
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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780786818709 
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Awards
A 2005 Caldecott Honor Book
Powells.com Staff Pick
Cleverly expressive cartoons and photographic backdrops epitomize the hilarity and drama of young Trixie's lost-bunny crisis. Laugh-out-loud funny! Willems is a picture book genius.
Recommended by Malia
Synopses & Reviews
Publisher Comments:
Trixie, Daddy, and Knuffle Bunny take a trip to the neighborhood Laundromat. But the exciting adventure takes a dramatic turn when Trixie realizes somebunny was left behind...
Using a combination of muted black-and-white photographs and expressive illustrations, this stunning book tells a brilliantly true-to-life tale about what happens when Daddy?s in charge and things go terribly, hilariously wrong.
Review:
"Any child who has ever had a favorite toy will identify with the toddler star of this tale. The plot is simple: Trixie loses bunny, finds bunny and then exuberantly says her first words — 'Knuffle Bunny!!!' The fun comes from the details. In an innovative style that employs dappled black-and-white photographs of Brooklyn as backdrop to wickedly funny color cartoons, Willems (Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!) creates an entertaining story for parents and children alike. His economical storytelling and deft skill with line lend the book its distinctive charm, while the endpapers mitigate anxiety by clueing in readers concerning the solution to Trixie's problem. Willems renders the characters with Little Lulu — style pointed noses and their expressions are laugh-out-loud funny, from the hapless father's worried look as he and Trixie venture out to the Laundromat, to his roll-up-your-sleeves determination as he rescues the stuffed toy from the washing machine. But it's pre-verbal Trixie who steals the show. Her wide-eyed enthusiasm about the world around her is matched only by her desperate attempts to communicate. 'Aggle flaggle klabble!' she says when she finds Knuffle Bunny missing, and her well-intentioned but clueless father translates, 'That's right.... We're going home.' An especially delicious scene finds the frustrated Trixie abandoning baby talk for action: 'Well, she had no choice. Trixie bawled. She went boneless.' The accompanying pictures comically corroborate the omniscient narrator's claim. Willems once again demonstrates his keen insight with a story both witty and wise. Ages 4-8. (Sept.)" Publishers Weekly (Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information, Inc.)
Review:
"Personalities are artfully created so that both parents and children will recognize themselves within these pages. A seamless and supremely satisfying presentation of art and text." School Library Journal
Synopsis:
Using a combination of muted black-and-white photos and expressive illustrations, the author of the Caldecott Honor book Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! tells a true-to-life tale about what happens when Daddy's in charge and things go terribly, hilariously wrong.
About the Author
Mo Willems is a six-time Emmy® Award-winning writer and animator for Sesame Street and the creator of Cartoon Network?s Sheep in the Big City. His most recent book is The Pigeon Finds a Hotdog! Mo lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York.
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Average customer rating based on 2 comments:
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Lucy Little, September 2, 2007 (view all comments by Lucy Little)
This book is a favorite of ours. It is one of those rare children's books that appeals to adults and children alike. The illustrations consist of drawings transposed over black and white photos. Saying anything about the story would be giving too much away. Mo Willems has written a treasure. Delightful! We're eagerly awaiting the sequel.
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christijensen, October 19, 2006 (view all comments by christijensen)
Add this one to your shower gift list. It is my favorite kid book of all time. Somehow it manages to give parents a much-needed boost while thoroughly entertaining little ones. Have read this one a ton of times and it never fails to entertain. Mo Willems understands what it's like to read the same book every night for a month straight. Read it and you'll see what I mean - it's practically painless.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780786818709
- Subtitle:
- A Cautionary Tale
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Hyperion Books
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks
- Subject:
- Lost and found possessions
- Subject:
- Lost articles
- Subject:
- General Juvenile Fiction
- Edition Description:
- Collectors Ed/
- Publication Date:
- September 2004
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Y
- Pages:
- 36
- Dimensions:
- 9.30x12.18x.36 in. 1.02 lbs.
- Children's Book Type:
- Picture / Wordless
- Age Level:
- 04-08
