The+Runaway+Bunny

= **The Runaway B unny **  = Written By: Margaret Wise Brown Illustrated by: Clement Hurd  Reviewed by: Alyssa Duffy __**Biographical Information:**__   ISBN-13: 9780064430180   Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers   Publication date: 10/28/1977   Pages: 48 __**Author Biography:** __ Margaret Wise Brown died suddenly in 1952, at the age of 42. She was both an author and an editor who fought for rights and royalties for all of her illustrators, because she felt as though they were as crucial to the book as she was. Part of the reason for her belief was due to the fact that she was one of the first children’s authors who didn’t also illustrate. She received the Caldecott Medal for most distinguished artwork in 1947 for her book, __Little Island__. Margaret Wise Brown has written many children’s picture books and several have still been illustrated after her death and published. Although, of the hundreds of ideas she had, she is still most popularly known for __Goodnight Moon__ and __The Runaway Bunny.__

__**Summary:** __ __The Runaway Bunny__ is about a relationship between a bunny and his mother. When the bunny decides to runaway, his mother shares with him that she will do everything she can to keep an eye on him, and will always be with him.

__**Book Review:** __ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__The Runaway Bunny__ was one of my favorite books as a child. I would recommend any parent to read this book to their child and discuss with them how important they are, along with the fact that they to would do anything for their child. The bunny in the story tells his mother all the things he would do to run away from his mother, but in the end his mother is still there for him. I believe that this is a great concept for students to understand, and that parents should continually remind their children how much they love them.

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">**Literary Element Analysis:** __ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__The Runaway Bunny__ has a writing style that can easily be incorporated into lessons within a classroom. Margaret Wise Brown incorporates a “cause and effect” style to her writing. Some may also identify this as a “what if” piece. While reading this story with students the mother bunny continually says what she would do, if the bunny decided to do all the things he was saying.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">For example, the book starts off with the little bunny saying that he wanted to run away. “If you run away,” said his mother, “ I will run after you. For you are my little bunny.”

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">** A few other examples are: ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The little bunny responds with: “If you run after me,” said the little bunny, I will become a fish in a trout stream and I will swim away from you. “If you become a fish in a trout stream,” said his mother, “I will become a fisherman and I will fish for you.”

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"If you become a tree," said the little bunny, "I will become a little sailboat and I will sail away from you." "If you become a sailboat and sail away from me," said his mother, "I will become the wind, and blow you where I want you to go."

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