Bunny Books by Susan Heyboer O Keefe March brings the welcome promise of spring after what always seems like an unending February. With spring comes the inevitable assortment of bunny books. There s the Easter Bunny, of course, but you needn t subscribe to any particular belief to enjoy bunnies for either their seasonal message of green grass and tulips or their general cuteness.
Bunnies have a long history in children s books.
And in many instances, unless the character is Betty Bunny with a pink ribbon between her ears, even the gender is open to whichever the reader imagines. The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd. Some sixty years old, this is the perfect model for every children s book that has a parent s unconditional love as its theme. No matter how far away the little bunny will run, no matter how cleverly he or she will hide, Mother Bunny will find him and join him there. Hurd s wonderful illustrations combine pages of black and white drawings with full pages of bright primary colors.