Synopses & Reviews
Meet Betty Bunny, a loveable handful nobunny can resist.
From author Michael B. Kaplan, creator of Disneys T.V. show Dog with a Blog, comes the debut picture book of the Betty Bunny series. It's a story about patienceseen through the eyes of a precocious preschooler.
Betty Bunny is the youngest in her family of rabbits and shes just discovering the important things in life, like chocolate cake. She declares, I am going to marry chocolate cake” and takes a piece to school with her in her pocket. Mom values healthy eating and tells Betty Bunny she needs patience when it comes to dessert. But Betty Bunny doesnt want patience, she wants chocolate cake! In this funny tribute to chocolate lovers (and picky eaters), Betty Bunnys charming perspective on patience will be recognizable to anyone with a preschooler in their life.
Review
Praise for How to Cheer Up Dad:
* “This debut author-illustrator gets the father-son relationship just right in a story thats warm and memorable.” --Booklist, starred review
Review
Praise for
How to Cheer Up Dad:
* “This debut author-illustrator gets the father-son relationship just right in a story thats warm and memorable.” --Booklist, starred review
* " Welcome Little Jumbo! We hope well see more of you.” - Kirkus Reviews, starred review
* “ With its sparkle thats accessible to both parents and kids, this is poised to join the ranks of Steptoes In Daddys Arms I Am Tall (BCCB 2/98), Mayers Just Me and My Dad, and Durands Mitchells License (BCCB 5/11) as a stellar book for father-and-son sharing. “ - BCCB, starred review
“Dont save this homage to Dads and their little mischief-makers just for Fathers Day—it can be shared any time of year.” -School Library Journal
Synopsis
When Betty Bunny eats chocolate cake for the first time, she declares, "I am going to marry chocolate cake." She loves it so much that she takes a piece to school with her in her pocket and refuses to eat anything else. Mommy tells Betty that she has to eat healthy food first, and have patience because cake is for dessert, not pockets. But Betty doesn't want to have
patience; she wants to have chocolate cake!
In this hilarious and spot-on tribute to the chocolate lover (and picky eater) in all of us, a new kindred spirit to Olivia, Eloise, and Ladybug Girl makes her stand.
Synopsis
A hilarious book about parent and child relationships for fans of Ian Falconer and Jon Agee--a perfect gift idea for Father's Day and beyond!
Little Jumbo just can't understand why his dad is having such a bad day. It couldn't be the raisins Little Jumbo spit out at the ceiling or the bath he refused to take--after all, Little Jumbo's dad knew he hated raisins and had already taken a bath that week! Luckily, Little Jumbo is such a thoughtful elephant that he decides to turn his dad's bad day around with some of his--ahem, his dad's--favorite things.
How to Cheer up Dad is a standout debut featuring a charmingly oblivious little elephant with serious pluck and staying power. It turns the parent-child roles upside down is a great book for dads and the kids who make them laugh.
About the Author
A native of Wayland, Massachusetts, Michael Kaplan wrote plays and musicals throughout high school and at Princeton University, where he attended college. Upon graduation he moved to New York where a number of his plays received productions and staged readings, primarily at The Ensemble Studio Theatre, where he is a member. For the past twenty-two years, he has lived in Los Angeles, working as a television writer and producer on a total of twelve different prime time shows for ABC, NBC, FOX, and UPN. His career as a comedy writer has included stints as a writer and Supervising Producer on two of television's most respected comedies, Roseanne and Frasier. For his work on the latter, he received an Emmy award, as a member of the producing staff, for best comedy series. He co-created and Executive Produced I'm In the Band for Disney XD. His new show, Dog With a Blog will be premiering on Disney Channel in the fall of 2012. He is the author of Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake and Betty Bunny Wants Everything. He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and three children. Stephane Jorisch has illustrated numerous picture books, including New Year at the Pier, Granddad's Fishing Buddy, The Real Story of Stone Soup, and Jabberwocky, for which he won the prestigious Governor General's Award, the Canadian equivalent of the Caldecott. Mr. Jorisch lives with his wife and three children in Montreal, Canada.