Two Bunny Buddies
PreS-Gr 2—Two hungry pals have a falling out over which path to take. Their argument grows heated with hurled insults of "Carrot Head" and "Beetle Brain." The bunnies hop their separate ways, but their individual discoveries of clover and berries seem bitter when "there is no buddy to see." Remorseful, "One bunny sighs" and "One bunny cries." Meeting in the middle, the pair nibble a collective lunch and realize that life is sweeter when shared with a friend. The spare text evocatively captures the spat and reconciliation. Cepeda's charming, digitally enhanced line drawings show the floppy-eared companions expressing a range of emotions, from squinty-eyed anger to open-armed jubilation. Pair this story with Geneviève Côté's Without You (Kids Can, 2011) for a friendship-themed storytime.—Linda Ludke, London Public Library, Ontario, Canada