The Bunnies Are Not in Their Beds - Softcover

Russo, Marisabina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0307981266 ISBN 13: 9780307981264

Publisher: Dragonfly Books, 2013

Synopsis

This bunny-rific bedtime read-aloud is perfect for young children with spring fever! 

The text is filled with fun noises—click clack, click clack—and a repeating refrain—good night, good night, sleep tight—that's sure to have kids chiming in as they follow the antics of these bunnies who won't stay in bed. Kids will identify with the mischievous bunnies and their desire to play. Meanwhile, parents will empathize with Mama and Daddy's struggle to get them to sleep.

About this title

About the Author:

MARISABINA RUSSO is the author and illustrator of numerous books for children, including I Will Come Back for You: A Family in Hiding During World War II, which Booklist called a "moving picture book [that] tells a story of sorrow, fear, courage, and kindness," and A Very Big Bunny, about which Horn Book wrote: "This gets at the heart of the ordinary child experience with emotional truth and sensitivity."

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 2–Three bunny siblings find much better things to do than go to sleep. Each time their parents look in on them, they are playing with cars or trains or pretending to be cowboys and even a marching band. Despite numerous warnings, the noisy little creatures just cannot stay in their beds. Finally the house is quiet, but when the youngsters creep down the hall and discover their parents fast asleep, they plan to play all night long. But soon a new noise is heard, the snoring of bunnies who have played themselves to sleep. A simple pattern moves this tale along. Mama and Daddy are trying to wind down for the evening with a bit of reading and some tea and carrot cake, but loud sounds from the bedroom send them repeatedly upstairs to admonish their children and put them back in bed. The colorful, folksy gouache illustrations bring real personality to the text with expressions of exasperation, amusement, and joy. The text is placed in and around the art and has a large, bold font to emphasize the raucous sounds of the little rabbits. Despite the winning illustrations, the tale seems a bit stale and overly long.–Catherine Callegari, Gay-Kimball Library, Troy, NH
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About this edition

• Publisher: Dragonfly Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0307981266
• ISBN 13: 9780307981264
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Russo Marisabina