Review: Practice makes perfect - 4 stars
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 20, 2013
The bunnies, Donny and his sister Michelle, are attending summer camp and having fun, but camp is coming to an end, and the bunny kids are all going to perform on stage for their parents and friends. Donny and Michelle are having a hard time deciding what to do, but with their mom's help, they come up with a plan to write their own songs and sing for the audience. They made costumes and practiced and rehearsed their act until they were perfect, and they were a big hit on stage.The lesson of the story, which is aimed at young kids, is to be creative and work to achieve your goals, and you'll be successful. It's the old adage: practice makes perfect.One comment: I've read a lot of children's books with animals as the characters. I don't have a problem with that. Most cultures have stories with animals that can stand or talk like humans as characters. But these stories generally involve the animals using some innate characteristic like speed, flight, or size to do something that a human couldn't do. In many stories, though, it seems that animals are used as characters only because of their cute factor. In this story, Donny and Michelle were cute bunnies, but how is the story any better with bunnies instead of human kids? Sorry, that's just the curmudgeon in me!