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El Conejito Andarin / The Runaway Bunny
HabIa una vez un conejito que se querIa ir lejos. Pero no importaba Como o adOnde decidIa ir, su mamA siempre se lo impedIa, pues ella adoraba a su conejito.
Board book, 36 pages
Published
February 1st 2002
by Rayo
(first published 1942)
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everyone loves this book. everyone remembers it being lovely when they were children. but if you read it again you may find it creepy. i do. the illustrations are beautiful, and the message i s'pose is charming. but my son and i both dislike it. he becomes rigid with boredom when i try to read this to him, and he has pretty good reading stamina for a 2.5 year old. he digs all the classics, but we agree that this book is actually somewhat spooky. the bunny is not really asking mommy to re...more
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My darling Jess decided to run away as a tot. Always the independent sort, the rules of the house were getting to her. Don't clunk your brother on the head, don't steal cookies, don't glue the cat to the floor, the usual. She packed a backpack, put on all her accessories (she was quite into a tiara and lots of beads back then) and set off. I was being the free to be you and me mom I tried to be when not hollering at my children - so I kept my distance and let her leave. With me shadow...more
It is hard to discuss children's books at length, but Margaret Wise Brown's books deserve discussion. Both the Runaway Bunny and Goodnight Moon are true classics. Beautifully written and illustrated, these books bring me a sense of calm (I don't know how else to describe it). These are peaceful books that are wonderful to read aloud.
I had forgotten about this book until I ran across it at the library. The writing and illustrations are fantastic. Even though my three-year-old may not fully grasp the concept of ever-reaching mother's love, the drawings really fire up her imagination. Being able to turn oneself into a boat or a bird is pretty cool in her eyes and having Mama Bunny there is very reassuring to her.
It's especially a great book to read while you're preparing your little one for the arrival of a new sib...more
It's especially a great book to read while you're preparing your little one for the arrival of a new sib...more
Walker
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The best kids book ever. If you have lost faith in mankind, are being charged by a very angry rhinoceros, can't find your car keys, or are just simply depressed, this book will renew your faith in mankind, make you realize that car keys aren't that important anyway, lift your spirits better then any anti-depressant on the market (black or otherwise), and make the rhinoceros cuddle up with you with a mug of hot apple cider instead of throwing you 50 feet to land with 19 broken ribs and one less h...more
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One of my youngest daughter's favorite bunny stories. She had her own bunny that she took to bed with her every night, originally a lilac colored rabbit which quickly turned grey and shabby. So just as teddy bear stories were her sister's special stories, all the bunny books were usually hers. This one is a delightful, sweet tale about an impish bunny who keeps trying to escape mama bunny, but really only wants to be constantly reassured (as we ALL do!) that he will always be loved and mama w...more
Both my children loved this book and I repeatedly read it to them when they were younger. But I haven't read it recently. This week, I re-watched the 2001 movie "Wit" (starring Emma Thompson) - an HBO production of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Wit by Margaret Edson. In one of the final scenes (which always makes me cry), Professor Ashford lays on the hospital bed with terminally-ill and near-death Professor Vivian Bearing and reads her The Runaway Bunny. Both are English profes...more
This is one case where, when I first read this book, it wasn't a favorite. I probably would have given it a 3 at most b/c it just bugged me that the bunny wanted to run away. That said, I've gained a whole new appreciation for this sweet story as a multi-purpose lesson platform--AND a sweet story. I piggybacked this lesson onto a previous lesson where I shared Goodnight Moon (also by the Brown and Hurd team) and Goodnight Goon (by Michael Rex). Runaway Bunny was originally copyrighted in 1942...more
This is a delightfully comforting story of a little bunny who decides to run away from his mother. When she informs him that she intends to follow him, he invents many imaginary scenes in which he is transformed into something else and escapes. His mother enters each scene to complete it with an image of reunification: she becomes a fisherman to catch her trout, a gardener to find the hidden crocus in a garden, a tree for the bird to fly home to, and so on. The illustrations change pleasingly...more
Another board book my son picked out to read with me. He picks more challenging books with my wife, not sure why I get the easy ones.
Anyway, a fun story about a child who wants to get away from his mother and the lengths she will go to, in discussion, to find him. It can be interpreted as creepy and controlling, much like Rainbow Fish can be viewed as bribe people to become your friends, but there's a quality to the art that makes it endearing.
The format of the story is ...more
Anyway, a fun story about a child who wants to get away from his mother and the lengths she will go to, in discussion, to find him. It can be interpreted as creepy and controlling, much like Rainbow Fish can be viewed as bribe people to become your friends, but there's a quality to the art that makes it endearing.
The format of the story is ...more
The little bunny wants to run away from home, but his mother tells him that she will follow him. The little bunny tells his mother all the ways that he will hide from her, and she answers by telling him how she will find him.
During the conversations between the little bunny and his mother the illustrator has black and white sketches on the page. The next two page spread is in full color showing exactly what would happen if the bunny hid from his mother. To me the black and white i...more
During the conversations between the little bunny and his mother the illustrator has black and white sketches on the page. The next two page spread is in full color showing exactly what would happen if the bunny hid from his mother. To me the black and white i...more
My all-time favorite children's book. A beautiful picture of love, as well as a beautiful "allegory of the soul." For the adults, watch the movie "Wit" - the book is read in one of the most moving scenes on film. As Augustine said, "Our hearts are restless until we find our rest in Thee."
A cute children's story of a little bunny testing the boundaries of his mother. He finds that being near mom is really the best option of all.
The Runaway Bunny is a classic story about a bunny and his conversation with his mother about running away. Trying to outwit her he leads her through several situation in which he would go out of her reach and to which she always has a loving solution in which she is still able to express her love for him.
This book is special to me and my son because of the circumstances that led to our owning it. I had a c-section with my son and was just recovering when the nurses told me that if ...more
This book is special to me and my son because of the circumstances that led to our owning it. I had a c-section with my son and was just recovering when the nurses told me that if ...more
The Runaway Bunny is a picturebook for Nursery-age children.
A sweet story reflecting a mother's absolute love for her child. No matter what situation the baby bunny encounters his mother assures him she will be there to love and protect him.
The book was first published in 1942 and the pictures are very simple and reflect the time period. The pictures alternate between pen and ink drawings and more detailed paintings done in color. The characters in the book are very sim...more
A sweet story reflecting a mother's absolute love for her child. No matter what situation the baby bunny encounters his mother assures him she will be there to love and protect him.
The book was first published in 1942 and the pictures are very simple and reflect the time period. The pictures alternate between pen and ink drawings and more detailed paintings done in color. The characters in the book are very sim...more
Another great book by M.W. Brown! How many of us threatened to run away as kids? The bunny in this book has the same idea to teach his mother a lesson, but she's the persevering kind and always has a loving comeback to his threats to runaway to the mountains or the circus or a trout stream or to turn himself into a boy and run into a house. The story ends with the boy knowing he's defeated by his mother's love, and they snuggle down into their rabbit hole and she hands him a carrot as a treat.
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so, ummm, the runaway bunny tries to set boundaries over and over to take some space in this story and basically their parent, tramples them over and over.. kinda creepy.
You can run, you can hide, but mommy will always find you. As a child it is very reassuring, as a teenager?????
i know its for little kids but when i read it to my little brother a couple of years ago it still made me tear up.
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This is a great fun story for little children. The story uses repetitive phrasing and ideas which encourage thinking ahead of the story as it's being read. It has a moral for the child to learn - Mother Bunny will always love her little bunny no matter what it does or becomes - and most children can easily parallel this concept to be reflected upon their own lives. It also reminds parents to not be reactive to their children - if parents remain consistent and supportive, children will eventually...more
This is another classic that I can see as both adorable and extremely creepy. A mother and her little bunny are having a discussion on the little bunny running away. To everything that the little bunny suggests, the mother has a quick response to show that the little bunny would not really be running away. The little bunny eventually gives up and the mother is satisfied. The book can be something to show children that where ever they go in live and whatever they do their mothers will take them b...more
This has been my favorite book since I can remember because my mom ALWAYS read it to me. I used to be in love with bunnies, so naturally I was in love with this book. The story really highlights the power of love between a mother and a child. It makes all children aww and laugh at the same time, because of the funny things this mother will do to show her love for her little bunny. I also used this book when studying pronouns, because it has so many (both of the rabbits do not have names). The il...more
This is a story about a little bunny who wants to run away, and his mother who tells him she would run after him and find him. The little bunny comes up with more scenarios of what he will do and the mother counters them with how she would still be there some how.
I guess in a way it's cute because the mother is reassuring the child that she will always be there, but in a way I feel like the little bunny is trying to push at the boundaries that have been created and the mother is smother...more
I guess in a way it's cute because the mother is reassuring the child that she will always be there, but in a way I feel like the little bunny is trying to push at the boundaries that have been created and the mother is smother...more
Dated, but much better than Goodnight Moon. The story is actually kind of fun and creative, and I mostly like the art. The inexplicable red eyes, however, give mommy bunny a murderous look in a few of the pictures. Anyone reading too much into this one, positively or negatively, is taking this bit of whimsy too seriously.
We checked this out to read before reading The Runaway Mummy so we could understand the parody.
We checked this out to read before reading The Runaway Mummy so we could understand the parody.
A little rabbit tries to think of ways that he could runaway that his mother can't come get him. The mother always thinks of ways to catch him. Finally the young rabbit decides he might as well stay home.
I know this is a classic, but I didn't like it all that much. It's a cute story but it's almost threatening. Take the line "If you become a sailboat and sail away from me, I will become the wind and blow you where I want you to go." I would've expected her to say that she w...more
I know this is a classic, but I didn't like it all that much. It's a cute story but it's almost threatening. Take the line "If you become a sailboat and sail away from me, I will become the wind and blow you where I want you to go." I would've expected her to say that she w...more
It's hard to believe that since its publication in 1942 The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown has never been out of print. Although a staple of children's literature for many years, I had never read it until today. This is a classic that could be read, for various reasons, to children of all ages. In the story a little bunny devises ways to run away from his mother, who assures the bunny that no matter where he'd go or what he'd do she would find him and make him safe because she loves him--a...more
I personally did not read this book as a child, but I bought it for my 8 month old daughter while in our local B. Dalton book store, (which sadly happened to be closing down) after a lady who apparently works as a librarian at one of the local elementary schools here recommended it. Upon first reading it, I thought "what a charming story" and I imagined my daughter at the age of five, no longer a baby, and eager to break away from her familiar surroundings and wanting to be with momm...more
My daughter and I love The Runaway Bunny. It may seem boring at first, but with the right attitude and creative ideas on how to make it come alive, it will surely be a favorite.
Some of the activities that we did at home when we read this were to:
* walk on a line pretending to be tightrope walkers
* do some pencil sketching and watercolor art to recreate how the book is presented
* played If, Then
You can check out the fun we had at http://www.thelearningbasket.com/2011/04...
Some of the activities that we did at home when we read this were to:
* walk on a line pretending to be tightrope walkers
* do some pencil sketching and watercolor art to recreate how the book is presented
* played If, Then
You can check out the fun we had at http://www.thelearningbasket.com/2011/04...
One of my favorite children's book, and now one of my son's favorite children's books. We read this together often, and he frequently quotes lines from this book, anticipating my response that I will follow him wherever he goes. I love how it describes the love a mother has for their child in such easy to understand terms. And the illustrations are beautiful, an artful combination of text with black and white illustrations, followed by a full color, two page spread of bright fanciful pictures.
Lovely story about unconditional love, very detailed pictures with a lot of colors. It is a tender reading which shows that not matter how far you go, mommy's love always cross boundaries to be close to their children anywhere........anytime.
Extension:
In circle time, and taking turns, let the children to express what they feel and how much they love their mommies. At the end of the session, provide them with paper and crayons, and ask them to make a card for them.
Extension:
In circle time, and taking turns, let the children to express what they feel and how much they love their mommies. At the end of the session, provide them with paper and crayons, and ask them to make a card for them.
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