My Blue Bunny, Bubbit - Hardcover

Smith, Maggie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0547558619 ISBN 13: 9780547558615

Publisher: Clarion Books, 2014

Synopsis

When the narrator of this story discovers she's going to have a new little brother, she's not so sure she wants one. Neither is Bubbit, her very special blue wool bunny. Her grandmother, Nonni, made Bubbit for her when she was born, so they're practically like twins.

Soon it's time for the baby to be born. Nonni comes to stay, and she brings her sewing box. And before long, the narrator has decided to sew her new baby brother something almost as special as Bubbit.

Sweetly illustrated, this is the perfect book for crafty kids as well as families expecting a new baby.

About this title

About the Author:

Maggie Smith has illustrated many picture books, some of which she also wrote. My Blue Bunny, Bubbit is the first book she written as well as illustrated for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. An accomplished sewist and owner of the Etsy shop Maggierama, she lives in Seattle, Washington. Please visit her at www.maggiebooks.com.

From Booklist:

A little girl treasures her grandma-made blue wool bunny named Bubbit, given to her when she was “teeny-tiny.” He has helped her through mad times and sad times, and “he’s stuffed with a thousand kisses.” Nonni is a gifted sewer, and her granddaughter loves to sew, too, practicing her stitches on scraps of fabric. When it turns out the little girl is going to be a big sister, and Nonni arrives to help with the new baby, the two embark on a special stuffed-animal-making adventure of their own (crafted from the girl’s outgrown yellow corduroy coat). Smith’s picture book covers a lot of territory—a new sibling, sewing, and the specialness of a stuffed toy—but it all hangs together nicely as the story progresses. The artwork, fittingly rendered in fabric, pencil, and digital media, is full of sewing details, like decorative stitches, while the endpapers depict what’s “in my sewing basket.” Full of familial warmth and sisterly pride, this would make a thoughtful read for siblings-to-be. Preschool-Grade 1. --Ann Kelley

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0547558619
• ISBN 13: 9780547558615
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Smith Maggie