Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! (edition 2002)

A pefect story to delight preschoolers or younger. It rythmes, has suspence, and trick ending. ( )

Summary:
Mr. McGreeley decides to plant him a garden since it was something he always wanted to do before. Once he gets his garden planted, some rabbits come in the night and eat his new plants. Furious at the rabbits, he builds a fence to keep the rabbits out, but they still come back and eat his plants. He builds several different fences to keep them out until finally he builds one that the rabbits can’t get into. His plants grow and he is able to pick them when they are ready. But while he is picking the plants, the rabbits sneak in behind him and he catches them eating them.

Personal Reaction:
I thought this story was cute. Any gardener has some type of problem with animals or something that they have to be weary of. I like how this book uses repetition of the “MuncHa!” while the rabbits are eating throughout the story and that’s even how the book ends also. I think kids would really like this story for that reason, too.

Extension Ideas:
1) Have the students draw and color their own little bunny rabbit eating something from Mr. McGreeley’s garden.
2) Have the students come up with their own ideas of how they would keep the bunny rabbits out with a description, and have them write it in their daily writing journal. ( )

a gardener is working hard on his garden and does not want to share with the theiving bunnies. so he goes through different attempts to keep the rabbits out. but each time they find a way through.

This book is about three pesky little rabbits who go around eating in Mr. McGreely's garden. This has very good language play that is fun for children to hear and read out loud. This is a great book for younger children. ( )

Rabbits come up with ways to get into Mr. McGreeley's garden to eat his yummy vegetables. Each time he comes up with a new way to ward them off, they come up with a new way to get in. This is a great way to show kids how they can play with language to show sounds. ( )