Dorothy Kunhardt (1901–1979)
Author of Pat the Bunny
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Works by Dorothy Kunhardt
Twenty Days: A Narrative in Text and Pictures of the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (1965) 177 copies
Mathew Brady and His World: Produced by Time-Life Books from Pictures in the Meserve Collection (1751) 43 copies
Pat the Bunny: First Books for Baby (Pat the Bunny): Pat the Bunny; Pat the Puppy; Pat the Cat (Touch-and-Feel) (2015) 35 copies
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- Other names
- Meserve, Dorothy (birth name)
- Birthdate
- 1901-09-29
- Date of death
- 1979-12
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Beverly, Massachusetts, USA
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA - Education
- Bryn Mawr College (AB|1923)
- Relationships
- Meserve, Frederick Hill (father)
Kunhardt, Edith (daughter)
Kunhardt, Philip B., Jr. (son)
Kunhardt, Philip B., III (grandson)
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I did not own a Pat the Bunny book (that I remember, anyway) but I believe I had nieces and nephews with this book. I love this book. I've spent time in bookstores patting the bunny.
It was an ok book. I enjoyed the illustrations more so than the story.
for small children. I think that sensory books are great for entertainment as well as development. We have learned the importance of reading to children. This is a sweet way to encourage children to want to interact with books. It is short and simple, but it is about the experience.
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- Rating
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Premise/plot: Pat the Bunny is an interactive book for very young children. It was originally released in 1940. I don't know how many other books for VERY young children existed at the time. (Certainly not as many as there are in recent decades). But this is one of the books from 1940 that has lived on, if you will, from its original publication and become somewhat iconic. (Though perhaps less so these days? I know it was iconic in my own childhood.)
Judy and Paul do "lots" of things. "Judy can pat the bunny. Now YOU pat the bunny." Judy can play peek-a-boo with Paul. Now YOU play peek-a-boo with Paul. Paul can smell the flowers. Now YOU smell the flowers."
My thoughts: Pat the Bunny is one of the books I remember my mom reading to me. I could NOT find my own copy--perhaps long destroyed????--for the purposes of review. Though it has been decades since I last read Pat the Bunny, I remembered more than half the activities. I think, for some generations at least, this book is iconic. I'm not sure it is *still* iconic for the past few generations. Is this still being bought and read today? Has it been replaced with other board books, other interactive books in the past fifteen to twenty years? Perhaps. I don't know. I know that Guess How Much I Love You and Love You Forever are certainly become icons. Goodnight Moon--an older title--is still an ever-present icon.
This one is a spiral bound interactive, "activity" book. I haven't heard any outlandish stories about it being canceled, but, honestly it wouldn't shock me if there was someone out there somehow, somewhere who could find reasons to take offense at this one.… (more)