The ABC Bunny

Just another alphabet book. It starts strong, almost telling a story as the bunny travels through the alphabet, but then it just becomes a string of animals the bunny meets that serve only to fulfill the next letter. And then it really stumbles in the XYZ section, as so many alphabet books do.

SUMMARY
The book was an alphabet book that uses each letter to name an animal and what they are doing. The letters are used to describe what the bunny sees and encounters as his day goes on. He comes upon interesting animals, he eats, plays and then goes back home.
PERSONAL REACTION
I liked how the author used the alphabet to tell a story and had an easy flow to it. It uses rhyme throughout the book which helps to describe the setting. The letters stand out in the color red that helps children recognize them. I would have preferred the book be in color. I'm not into black and white books, they seem boring.
CLASSROOM EXTENSION IDEAS
1. Practice rhyming words that are age level appropriate to what they are reading.
2. Talk about the animals and show more their characteristics. Ex: how they look, feel, what they eat. show less

Holds up well, not sentimental, feels nostalgic but not old-fashioned. The art was truly poetic, and realistic (again, not sentimental or cutesy). I loved that some of the Words for the Letters were verbs as most alphabet picture-books rely on nouns.

I just wish I could read music so I could pick out the tune!

From Sheryl -"Holds up well, not sentimental, feels nostalgic but not old-fashioned. The art was truly poetic, and realistic (again, not sentimental or cutesy). I loved that some of the Words for the Letters were verbs as most alphabet picture-books rely on nouns." She also wrote Millions of Cats, a pivotal book in children's literature. It is credited as the first American picture storybook.

My students absolutely love this book when I read it to them. We talk about what's going on throughout each page of the book. I let the children tell me what they see or what they recognize in the pages throughout the book. There will be times when the children will me questions about things that they are not sure of that is happening in the book.

I have used these book at least three different times in past lesson plans. I would continue to do it because my students love the book. I don't really put this book in a theme, I just do art activities to go along with it.

This book is about an adventure that a bunny takes when he gets lost. Each page uses a letter of the alphabet to describe the bunny’s encounters. In the end, the bunny makes it home, safe and sound.

This is a very interesting book. I enjoyed the illustrations. The only color used in the book is red. The only time that red is used is to color the letters of the alphabet.

This would be a great book to use when learning the alphabet. It is also a great book to use when learning to rhyme. After reading this book I would hand the children a book of their own made up of twenty-six pages. The assignment is to wriet their own book using a page for each letter of the alphabet.

This is a great illustrated book that shows the story of a bunny who leaves his home and goes out on an adventure through the whole alphabet. I have loved this book since I was a kid myself, and it was a joy to be able to reread it again for educational purposes. An early Childhood educator might use this book to introduce the children to the alphabet and have the class as a group write their own adventure story about the bunny.