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 READY RABBIT GETS READY!: "When Ready Rabbit finally makes it onto the school bus, readers will wish they could follow him to school."and#160;and#8212;Publishers Weekly, starred review
Review
andquot;Debut author-artist Lombardi starts out strong in establishing her irrepressible heroine, and her pencil and gouache drawings, rendered in shades of pink and brown, have a crafty, sweet exuberance.andquot;
Review
andquot;A great book to share with sensitive children concerned about the steadiness of parental love and a pleasant example of creative problem-solving.andquot;
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
Lovey Bunny is the happiest little girl around. She loves just about everythingandmdash;her family, art, watching her mama make things, and especially playing dress-up. But when she borrows Mama Rabbitandrsquo;s new dress without asking and ruins it, Lovey Bunny learns that not everything always goes as planned. Will Lovey Bunny find a creative way to show Mama that sheandrsquo;s sorry?
Kristine A. Lombardiandrsquo;s picture book debut reveals an effervescent new character whose talent for crafts and love of fashion, family, and fun will touch the hearts of little girls everywhere!
Synopsis
Ready Rabbit! Itand#8217;s time to get ready! Thatand#8217;s Ready Rabbitand#8217;s momma. Ready Rabbit
knows he should get up and get ready. But there are so many more interesting things to do first. Like . . . building spaceships, and rescuing sea creatures, and searching for law-breaking and#145;bad guysand#8217;!
Ready Rabbit! Hurry up! Oh, and get dressed for schooland#133;.
Ready Rabbit Gets Ready! is for any kid with an active imaginationand#133;or anyone in need of a very good 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.