Richard Scarry's Watch Your Step, Mr. Rabbit!

by Richard Scarry

A funny and sweet Step Into Reading level 1 reader from the amazing Richard Scarry!

Mr. Rabbit's feet are stuck in cement and all of his friends are trying to get him out. Follow their hilarious hijinks in this delightful tale of what happens when you don't pay attention to where you are going.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Fiction

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

RICHARD SCARRY is one of the world's best-loved children's authors EVER! In his extraordinary career, Scarry illustrated over 150 books, many of which have never been out of print. His books have sold over 100 million copies around the world, and are currently published in over twenty languages. No other illustrator has shown such a lively interest in the words and concepts of early childhood. Richard Scarry was posthumously awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Illustrators in 2012.

Reviews

[nathan]

The wonder of Scarry’s existence in how busy they are. Scarry knew this. I want to believe he came from the city. Animals going which way and another. Moving about. Creating zoo-like thrills. In colors. In actions. Taking in every single page with illustrations is a real treat.

A big lesson on learning your lesson and what happens if you don’t. History repeats itself, but we can always make it repeat less.

[J]

This is one of those classic Richard Scarry books where it will most definitely take an adult reader only a few seconds to get from cover to cover. As such it is a perfect book for children, especially younger readers who may struggle with keeping their attention focused on a book for too long.

The writing is plain, pure and simple while each page only has a few words. Even with the lack of words the story gets straight from Point A to Point B while not missing a single beat nor leaving anything to the imagination.

In the end, though, the best part is always the characters that Richard Scarry has come up with. They are clear, brightly colored, detailed and easy yet simple to love such as the snake who seems to be helping with the cane but more than likely isn't or even that rascally raccoon who continues around his job as the others try to save Mr. Rabbit. There just really isn't much character nostalgia like Scarry characters.

And the beautiful continuity of the lesson not being learned and forgetting what is happening off page will delight many new readers with the surprise twist.

This is definitely one book I would love to share with young children some day just to see how they respond to Scarry's animal characters in this time and age. And perhaps just maybe convince them to love them as much as I did when I was young.

[Amy]

Humorous book for toddlers. Also good for kids who are learning English as a second language.

[Jemma]

Richard Scarry's works are always very detailed and professional. That being said, this one was also entertaining and fun!

[Kelly Chester]

Very good book for first readers

[Nahuatl P Vargas]

Me gustó aunque no sería mi favorito. Es muy simple porque es para un lector que se inicia, pero como siempre, con las maravillosas ilustraciones de Scarry y su humor muy apto para los niños.

[Naina]

This happened to my buddy Mark

[Jaime T]

Fin Favorite

[Theodore Rodin]

This was the first complete book Theodore read to me!

[Lorraine Cork]

I bought this for my daughter when she was learning to read. Of the many books that I bought, she liked this one the best as it is catchy and the story is good and therefore memorable. I would recommend it to anyone learning to read.

[Rochelle Sondae]

Step into Reading Step 1 Ready to Read

I love all the things that can be named in Richard Scarry's illustrations. There's so much to see and yet it is presented on a nice clean background so that each bit can be explored separately.

[Micheala]

This is a fun early reader about Mr. Rabbit learning to watch where he is going. The detailed illustrations give children plenty to discover on every page. My son asked me to reread this one many times, so it was clearly a favorite.

[Rachel N]

Richard Scarry produces another great early reader. Our son is not reading yet, but this will be a great starter when he does. A favorite in 2010 for our 3 year old.

[Sarah]

This was the first book I read on my own!! I Loved it!!!

[Emerson and Theodore]

I will give this book 5 stars. All the usual Scarry characters (lowly worm, hilda hippo, and so on). A cute story about a rabbit who didn't watch where he was going.

[Amy]

An instant success with my boys! See my full review here: http://sunlitpages.blogspot.com/2012/...

[Pinky]

Mr. Rabbit gets stuck in cement all because he wasn't paying attention.

[Amy Mccarty]

**9/8/13MR

[Yasuko]

2013.4.24 93words

[Mellanie C]

The first graders in my homework room like this one.

[Stephanie Shaw]

My toddler loved this book. He could not stop laughing and insisted that we read it 4 times in a row! Very cute.

[Marilyn]

She loves his getting stuck and everyone having trouble getting him out.