ryckmanreader's review
3.0
Brief summary Baby bunny is mad at mommy
Annotation The baby bunny runs down the list of the reasons he is mad at his mom and says when he is big he'll do whatever he wants
Age appropriateness 2-4
Connection to six early literacy skills
Print Motivation - The words and emotion are realistic
Print Awareness - simple use of the bottom of page as text goes left to right
Narrative Skills - shows a full circle from anger to love
Five practices
Talking - this is a good book to read if children are feeling that their parents seem too busy for them.
Opinion
I am torn on this book. The positives slightly outweigh the negatives. I like the illustrations, the asian influenced drawings are lovely. The story reflects how many children feel when they don't have their parents attention, but I don't like the defiance that ends with a mom being okay that their child would talk to them harshly and walk out.
Annotation The baby bunny runs down the list of the reasons he is mad at his mom and says when he is big he'll do whatever he wants
Age appropriateness 2-4
Connection to six early literacy skills
Print Motivation - The words and emotion are realistic
Print Awareness - simple use of the bottom of page as text goes left to right
Narrative Skills - shows a full circle from anger to love
Five practices
Talking - this is a good book to read if children are feeling that their parents seem too busy for them.
Opinion
I am torn on this book. The positives slightly outweigh the negatives. I like the illustrations, the asian influenced drawings are lovely. The story reflects how many children feel when they don't have their parents attention, but I don't like the defiance that ends with a mom being okay that their child would talk to them harshly and walk out.
iammandyellen's review
3.0
I must admit that I balked when I read this over before reading it to the babes. It so well expresses those principal frustrations a child has for the adult when it first begins to think critically! I'm almost afraid to give them any ideas!
5elementknitr's review
5.0
More gorgeous artwork from this author.
And a wonderful story about how it's ok to be mad at mommy.
And a wonderful story about how it's ok to be mad at mommy.
emmapants's review
2.0
What a strange book. The pictures are gorgeous and the bunny is so cute, I wanted to love it. But the message is a little weird, cause I'm pretty sure Mommy is clinically depressed or bipolar and kind of neglectful. The entire time he's yelling at her, she's in bed with the covers over her head. Really not sure what we're trying to say here.
In fact, as time has gone on and I've reread it, I only find it more disturbing than anything else. If you want a good picture book about anger, go read Anna Dewdney's [b:Llama Llama Mad at Mama|770040|Llama Llama Mad at Mama|Anna Dewdney|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178203768s/770040.jpg|756099] or Judith Viorst's [b:Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day|46677|Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day|Judith Viorst|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170343003s/46677.jpg|1086647].
In fact, as time has gone on and I've reread it, I only find it more disturbing than anything else. If you want a good picture book about anger, go read Anna Dewdney's [b:Llama Llama Mad at Mama|770040|Llama Llama Mad at Mama|Anna Dewdney|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178203768s/770040.jpg|756099] or Judith Viorst's [b:Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day|46677|Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day|Judith Viorst|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170343003s/46677.jpg|1086647].
emdoux's review
5.0
Atypical dirty blues and yellows signify a young rabbit’s frustration, exasperation and plain old anger with his mother. Both facial and aural expressions aid in the young rabbit’s plight against matronly injustice.
mollyjordan's review
5.0
This is s super cute book that works for my kiddos, especially my 5 year old. The emotions that the little bunny feels correlate accurately with what my kids feel when I want to sleep in on a Saturday morning, or when I want to have them hustle to get out the door. The topic of being upset with a parent is balanced with the fact that even when upset there is still plenty of love and need for each other.
maidmarianlib's review
3.0
Solid child point of view. Illustrations have a rough, kind of dirty quality to them that is intriguing.
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