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Illustrated in full color. In this adorable die-cut board book, a winsome bunny crosses forest, park, pond, and meadow on the way to his home--the bunny burrow! -- GoodReads

This clever picture book takes the lyrics for “Jingle Bells” and brings them to life for young readers. Each double page holds one phrase illustrated with forest animals. The colorful illustrations are sure to delight children as they go dashing through the snow with the mice and their friends. The sheet music of James Pierpont’s song follows the story.

Recommended.

Corduroy celebrates thanksgiving by having dinner and going to the parade.
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Cute little bunny is out for a walk on a beautiful day. He ends up getting into a few messes along the way as he explores. With each mess he finds more and more beautiful colors to admire.

a little bunny is all alone during the winter because everyone else is sleeping. he makes friends with the puppy that lives in the farm. they became friends and they visited each other often
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This book is about a puppy playing hide and seek with a kitten and mouse in a home. It allows the child to find the kitten and mouse before the puppy and becomes a fun game. 1-3 years old

Characters: Various – each unique to story.

Setting: Various homes or outdoor areas

Theme: Nursery Rhymes for small children

Genre: Picture book – Mother Goose

Golden quote (optional): “Some like it hot, some like it cold, some like it in the pot, nine days old.”

Summary: This board book contains a lovely selection of classic Mother Goose tales. The book has a built in handle on the spine to help children carry it. The illustrations are beautiful and help little readers put concepts together. Each story is told in rhyme (Hey Diddle-Diddle, Pease Porridge Hot, Little Boy Blue, To Market, To Market, etc.). The stories are told with well-drawn illustrations of animals.

Audience: Pre-school through lower elementary (maybe up to grades 1 and 2) ages

Curriculum ties: ELA – rhymes

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Personal response: Having a new grandson, I can’t wait to give him this book. It is a sturdy board book and has a handle on the spine. The pictures are so adorable with all the animals, brightly drawn and very colorful. There just enough catchy rhymes that even the smallest child will love the book. One of my favorite nursery rhymes was “Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross.” My grandfather would have me sit on his foot while reciting the rhyme while bouncing me in a like rhythm as the story. I did this with my daughter and intend to do it with my grandson.

This book is a collection of nursery rhymes for young ages. It is full of illustrations and simple and familiar rhymes that most children enjoy. Each page is a scene to go along with the rhyme which helps children to imagine and connect words to pictures. Common rhymes such as "Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon" give children a positive experience of familiarity and imagination with the availability of pictures to display scenes. For instance, for this nursery rhyme, they have a scene drawn of the cat with the fiddle, a cow over a moon, and a dish with a spoon. This is the same for the other nursery rhymes in the book including: "Little Boy Blue", "To Market, To Market", "Pease Porridge Hot", "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe", "Hickety Pickety", and "Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross".

This book would be too young to incorporate in a classroom but it could be put into a daycare center or maybe preschool. If I preschool were practicing rhymes, this would be a great book to have available and to read aloud to help children recognize rhyming words and the similarities they share. It would also be good for students from other cultures to learn some of the American rhymes and have them compare these rhymes to ones from their culture.

This is an amazing collection of the classic nursery rhymes included Hey, Diddle, Diddle and Wee Willy Winkie. This board book has a handle for children to carry it along where ever they go to enjoy the lovely pictures that accompany many favorite rhymes.

This book is a sequel to the original book, Quiet Bunny, and is about a little bunny who truly appreciates the beauty of nature's colors. Quiet Bunny explores all the different colored animals that he sees, learning that his surrounding world's color is what makes it so gorgeous and unique. This book is aimed for children in early elementary school, especially for young readers who are learning about different colors and animals around them.

Quiet Bunny’s Many Colors is an exuberant exploration of vibrant color; a riotous celebration of the arrival of spring! Author and illustrator Lisa McCue’s artwork is simply gorgeous. Rich, intense, full of light – her artwork makes this book. Indeed, this new title that explores some of the major colors of spring (yellow, green, blue, and red) has become my favorite read aloud for teaching color to preschoolers.

The large pages and sweet story captivate my younger children (5 and 2) whenever I pull this one out to read. The story is both humorous and tender. Quiet Bunny covers himself in dandelions because he finds the color so beautiful, lily pads so he can be green, blueberry juice for blue, and red clay for red; he looks pretty funny in the process. He finally discovers that diversity of colors found in the spring forest is a cause for joy and celebration. The only stumbling point I found is when a wise owl delivers the final message to Quiet Bunny. My five-year-old asked, “Mommy, don’t owls eat bunnies?” Hmm, so this one isn’t really true to nature in that sense, we still love it though.

Truly a feast for the eyes, this is a book to be savored, my children enjoy pointing out all of the animals and plants on the pages that are the target color. My five-year-old also discovered with delight hat not only was Quiet Bunny white and brown as he claimed, but he also had some yellow in his fur, and a reddish nose. While this isn’t the most comprehensive color storybook you’ll find (only four colors are included), it may possibly be the most stunning. The colors are so naturally integrated into the storyline that this book definitely qualifies as a ‘living book’ as opposed to a dry or formulaic presentation of the colors. I definitely recommend it!

Reviewed at quiverfullfamily.com