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Summary: With Apologies to Beethoven
Review: And SINCERE thanks to a dear friend (also a non-grownup) who sent me this CHARMING book for my birthday. All the reviews say it pretty well, but (to the melody of ODE TO JOY) here is my contribution:Take me to the Bunny Planet,
Watch and see how fast I run.
All my friends will dance beside me,
Happy in the sparkling sun. Take me to the Bunny Planet,
Mama will give us soup she made.
It's a land of pleasures plenty,
New tomaters never fade. Children don't like baloney sannies Can't do cartwheels when they play
Math is hard it takes two hours
Shoes with snow are not okay. Take me to the Bunny Planet,
Far beyond the moon and stars.
It's a land of pleasures plenty,
With the Bunny Queen named Janet.
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Summary: For BIG kids too
Review: As a 42-year-old father who is still resisting the call to "grow up and get a hair cut", I am completely enchanted with Bunny Planet. Others here have done a good job of describing the book; I'll just say that reading them transported me to a better place, if only for a short time. I'm afraid I'm going to have to get a second set - one for here at the office (where I need them), and the other to take home and share with my kids.
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Summary: Even Adults Deserve a Visit to the Bunny Planet
Review: Each one of these books are priceless. I have memorized the stories while reading them to my children. They love the fact that these "children" can have bad days too, and so the Bunny Queen Janet "rescues" them and give them a visit to the "Day that Should Have Been"! Buy this and make a childs eyes sparkle with delight!
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Summary: Such sweet stories!
Review: I ordered this set of books for my girls, ages 4 and 5, last month. We had checked them out of our local library many times, so I knew they would like them. They absolutely love them! My 5 year old knows the words to "First Tomato" by heart, and I just love watching her "read" it. At first I was a little disappointed by the size, but actually the girls like them sized down so they can hold them better. The stories are absolutely beautiful, and they're the only books in poem form that my kids really enjoy. I think these stories teach kids that even when you're having a bad day where everything goes wrong, you can get through it by imagining yourself at a better place and time--a lesson that's good for adults as well!
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Summary: More of a commentary than a review...
Review: I was introduced to this set of books in a Children's Literature class in 1992, taught by a gifted story-teller. But it was more her ability to pick a good story than her wonderful presentation that has caused me to write a few lines here in hopes that this special set of books will not go out of print, but will find its way into many more homes and lives. It is for children of ALL ages. It is now 10 years later, my youngest child is in middle school, but still, whenever anyone has a bad day, I know that they just need a 'voyage to the bunny planet...far beyond the moon and stars.'
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Summary: A Dose of Childhood Magic
Review: My daughter received this set as a gift for her first birthday. Now, at 26 months, she has fallen in love with her "Janet Books". We have to read all three before naptime and bedtime. These books are just wonderful. The author's use of language is gifted, from the intentionally choppy beginning, through the lyrical Bunny Planet interlude, through the reassuring ending. Every child can relate to the subject and substance of these books. The illustrations are friendly, and invite leisurely examination. I am quite disappointed that they are out of print because I would purchase them for every young child that I know.
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Summary: Rosemary Wells takes every reader on a trip!
Review: Rosemary Wells has taken everyone's fantasy and created three enchanting stories about the way their day should have been. At the end of some challenging days, the bunny protagonist is hoping for relief, and he always finds it in such imaginative ways. My 14 year old daughter still cuddles up with me to read this series, and the illustrations are just heavenly. The case is beautiful, well worth the investment for this family keepsake.
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Summary: You need to take a trip to the bunny planet!
Review: These were so popular with our son that we had to read them to him every night for two weeks straight. The small books are just the right size for little hands, and very sturdy to take a bit of punishment. The illustrations are enchanting, restful and have enough detail to keep you looking again in case you missed something. Although some words may need explaining to non-American children (turnpike, gasoline, having a shot, bolony, - non of which we use in Australia) please don't let this dissuade you from purchasing a wonderful set of books which can do as much to soothe a tatterd parents nerves just as much as a child.
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Summary: Pure magic
Review: When we first read The Island Light to our daughter when she was 3 1/2, she was mesmerized and wanted us to read it to her day after day. The peaceful story, the beautiful cadence of the words, and the delightful illlustrations were a joy to look at time and time again. Particularly inspirational to our girl was Felix's tiny, cozy room in the lighthouse. At the time, our daughter was sleeping in a twin bed in our room, and we weren't sure how we were going to find space in our small house for her own bedroom. (My husband and I both work from home, which didn't help in the "finding a bedroom" problem.) One day she was exploring a closet in another room and noticed it has a window, nice hardwood floors, and could easily fit a little bed and a book shelf. "It could be like Felix's bedroom in the lighthouse!" she exclaimed. So we emptied the crammed closet (no easy feat in a little house!) and transformed it into a cozy room much like Felix's. ... She has been enraptured about that room ever since. We live by the ocean in a fog-prone area, so many nights she even falls asleep to the sound of the foghorn in her "lighthouse room." On nights when she's a little apprehensive to sleep because of seeing/reading something too scary during the day, she'll think of Janet wrapping her arms around her and floating her to the Bunny Planet. I just now came to Amazon to order the Bunny Planet series (we'd been borrowing them from the library all this time because I couldn't find them at our local book stores), and I am shocked that these magical books are no longer in print. We all need the Bunny Planet sometimes, and I hope a publisher will ... produce these beautiful books once again.
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