Bunny's Noisy Book

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Summary: You Must Get This!!
Review: I bought this book for my son for this Easter (kind of early I know...but was just thinking ahead :) ) I always review the books I give my children first and I fell in love with this one from the start. The illustrations are so sweet and inviting.
I have ordered 4 more books to send to other children that I know. Dont pass this book by! It is an absolute delight!

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Summary: Sweet Book
Review: I picked this book up in a bookstore and couldn't leave without it. This book is about Little Noises. Little noises that bunnies, and bees, and babies can make. I love the shift from onomatopoeia to open ended questions that lead the child to make the noises. One reviewer commented that the story reads like a draft. I think it reads like a natural progression of thought and conversation, with no contrived rhythm or rhyme, and I like it that way. My favorite line is "Yes. It was a bumblebee."

The illustrations are just Beautiful. I like the contrast between the polish of the surroundings and the scruffiness of the bunny. And I love the lilacs.

I just think it's a wonderful, sweet book.

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Summary: What was that?
Review: THAT was the sound of my daughter throwing the book in the trash.

As the editorial reads, the text feels more like a draft than a finished book. One of the great aspects of Goodnight Moon was that it had a rhythm that made it enjoyable to listen and read; this book does not settle into a rhythm, although it tries to, at at the end. The good points are what the bunny does, not what it hears. My daughter liked to pretend to eat the red clover with the bunny.

A premise of the book is that a page would give a new sound, and the next page would identify it. This is what initially held my daughter's interest, but without the rhythm or art, this quickly became uninteresting.

As for the illustrations, everything BUT the little bunny is drawn well. The little bunny's head seems distorted in some pictures and ALWAYS has a cloying O-face. I like the bees and red clover.

Parents will get tired of reading this book pretty quickly, and it'll take just a little bit longer for children to tire of it.