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"A Garden for Miss Mouse", "Bruno Munari's Zoo" and "Fear the Bunny"
Another eclectic selection of really fun picture books.
A Garden for Miss Mouse
5 stars
Author: Michaela Muntean
Illustrator: Christopher Santoro
Miss Mouse loves her garden. She plants the same things every year. One year she is bored with the same garden and plants lots of vegetables. This is great until these plants start getting big and bigger and bigger. Then Miss Mouse has a problem.
The illustrations are simple, but really fit the story. They show well the challenges the garden begin to present as the plants turn into a jungle.
Bruno Munari's Zoo
4 stars
Author/Illustrator: Bruno Munari
This zoo has many familiar animals in it. Each one is introduced with a sentence about it
The illustrations are stylized, but easily recognizable.
Fear the Bunny
5 stars favorite
Author/Illustrator: Richard T. Morris & Priscilla Burris
One of the more famous lines written by William Blake begin the poem The Tyger: Tyger, Tyger, burning bright In the forests of the night.
The tiger is fearsome and feared. So this tiger is surprised to hear: Bunnies, bunnies, burning bright, in the forests of the night-.
As the tiger points out, tigers are fearsome with teeth and claws. Bunnies are not fearsome so this must be wrong.
Or is it?
The illustrations are great. The animals are a bit cute, but true to themselves. The jungle is deep green and lush.
The ending is lots of fun.
A Garden for Miss Mouse
5 stars
Author: Michaela Muntean
Illustrator: Christopher Santoro
Miss Mouse loves her garden. She plants the same things every year. One year she is bored with the same garden and plants lots of vegetables. This is great until these plants start getting big and bigger and bigger. Then Miss Mouse has a problem.
The illustrations are simple, but really fit the story. They show well the challenges the garden begin to present as the plants turn into a jungle.
Bruno Munari's Zoo
4 stars
Author/Illustrator: Bruno Munari
This zoo has many familiar animals in it. Each one is introduced with a sentence about it
The illustrations are stylized, but easily recognizable.
Fear the Bunny
5 stars favorite
Author/Illustrator: Richard T. Morris & Priscilla Burris
One of the more famous lines written by William Blake begin the poem The Tyger: Tyger, Tyger, burning bright In the forests of the night.
The tiger is fearsome and feared. So this tiger is surprised to hear: Bunnies, bunnies, burning bright, in the forests of the night-.
As the tiger points out, tigers are fearsome with teeth and claws. Bunnies are not fearsome so this must be wrong.
Or is it?
The illustrations are great. The animals are a bit cute, but true to themselves. The jungle is deep green and lush.
The ending is lots of fun.
