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have to be honest, I'm shocked by the amount of negativity this book got in the reviews, It's just downright silly. This is obviously about a young rabbit, who is angry about somethingprobably being told to clean his room or the likenot a teenage rabbit who wants to go out and enter the world.
The message here is that the mother will always be there to love him and protect him, even if that means saving him from himself, since he is too young to understand the consequences of his actions.
And before you assume that I'm a helicopter parent, I assure you, I am quite the opposite, so my parenting style has no bearing on my opinion of the matter.
Honestly, to me at least, this book had the same vibe as I'll Love You Forever, which is my husband's favorite childhood book, The edition I got from the library had black and white pictures with the text and then a full two page spread of color depicting what was said on the previous pages, and it was all beautiful.
I highly recommend it to kids of all ages, especially the stubborn ones, Now unlike many readers, I actually never did experience Margaret Wise Brown's The Runaway Bunny as a young child because while as a child in Germany I did get Eric Carle and Maurice Sendak picture books read to me in German translation, Margaret Wise Brown's work was unknown to my family.
And perhaps this is also one of the reasons why the book and first encountering The Runaway Bunny as an older adult actually feels a bit uncomfortable and even a trifle strange with regard to both the author's message and how her presented narrative unfolds.


For while I do appreciate the mother rabbit's all encompassing love for her little son, the fact that she is obviously not in any way willing or able to grant him any kind of distance or freedom, that any attempts by the young bunny rabbit to assert himself, to run away a bit to get some necessary distance from his mother are going to be met by the mother rabbit chasing after, capturing her son and once again tying him totally to her and her passion for him, to and for me on a textual and narrational level, this makes The Runaway Bunny read as rather stalkery, like at best a tale of a total helicopter parent who cannot and will not even remotely consider leaving her son alone a bit, who basically has to always be near

him, attached to him and know everything about him and who will also actively thwart any attempts by her child at achieving a bit of distance, privacy and freedom.


And thus, while I do appreciate that the combination of Margaret Wise Brown's text and Clement Hurd's accompanying illustrations are considered magical and a classic and probably also full of fond childhood memories for many and albeit that I have indeed found especially Hurd's pictures innovative, imaginative and sweetly detailed, I just cannot get over my personal negative feelings regarding The Runaway Bunny and especially as an adult who as a college language instructor was in fact once stalked by an obsessive student that Margaret Wise Brown's printed words even if they do show and are indeed imbued with much love and feeling are also possessive, obsessive and really in my opinion smack far too much of over clinginess on the part of the rabbit mother and are therefore also just a bit too creepy and with an inherently rather unhealthy and problematic message for my tastes.
My review: This is a book about the ultimate helicopter parent browbeating their child back into codependence, Cool story. Give that child some freaking space, mom, or he's gonna go away to bunny college and go NC, Honestly, this is sort of boring to look at, especially the blackandwhite illustrations, and I do not blame my work kiddo for plaintively asking "How many pages is it" halfway through.


The five sixyearold's review: "The red eyes are creepy, " A few pages later, at the circus page, pointing to each and every animal/clown in the background: "This is creepy, And this is creepy. And this has a weird face, "



He is objectively correct, Clement Hurd, go think about what you've done, What the fk is that monkey, I think I may have read this or had it read to me as a child, because it wasn't entirely unfamiliar, But it was still fresh enough for me that I quite enjoyed it,

A little bunny decides as kids sometimes do that he's going to run away, But, no matter where he says he's going to run to, his mother always has an answer as to how she's going to keep him in her life because, after all, he is her little bunny.


The illustrations, a mix of blackandwhite and fullcolour pictures, are charming, showing the rabbits doing all sorts of things, from the anthropomorphized to the fantastical.


I love the ending, It's simple, quick, and oh, so perfect,

Those looking for classic picture books might want to check this one out, There's a reason it's still in print after so many decades! If Max's mother had followed him to Where the Wild Things Are, you would have this book assuming she allowed him to cross the ocean.


This is the story of a baby bunny and his mother, In it, baby bunny presents a number of imaginary scenarios in which he gets a little bit of independence for himself via turning into a child, a boat, a fish, a bird, and so on.
For each scenario, mother bunny counters with how she would immediately catch him no matter what, You're a fish I'm there with my net, You're a boat I'll be the wind and blow you where I want you to go,

When the child psychiatrist John Bowlby explained that a secure attachment for children is created by parents who "whilst always encouraging their children's autonomy, are nonetheless available and responsive when called upon," I don't think this is what he had in mind.
How much better if she had said "I will be a safe harbor to which you can always return, " This book is forever close to my heart,

sitelink The Runaway Bunny is still a book that I think about often, Given my love of rabbits growing up, an now, it's a book that my mom bought for me and read to me early on, I was her little bunny, and no matter what she would always be there for me, The book is about the safety of home and the love of a mother, It's about knowing that your family will be there for you no matter what, supporting you, loving you, thinking of you, It's a beautiful story, and a beautiful piece of art,

As other's asked, why did the bunny want to run away

Kids can be heartless, and we all get like that or at least used to.
Essentially, it doesn't matter. In the end he gets his carrot, and knows he's loved, I can't even imagine how many times I traced over the images in this book, and even today I still think about it a lot,

My favorite image was the little bunny being a sailboat, and his mother the wind and the clouds,

My mom's favorite was the little crocus bunny, I had forgotten about this book until I ran across it at the library, The writing and illustrations are fantastic, Even though my threeyearold may not fully grasp the concept of everreaching mother's love, the drawings really fire up her imagination, Being able to turn oneself into a boat or a bird is pretty cool in her eyes and having Mama Bunny there is very reassuring to her.


It's especially a great book to read while you're preparing your little one for the arrival of a new sibling,

I will be getting it for her permanent collection as soon as I can waddle to a bookstore, Right from the start I didn't like the storyline, I also didn't like the drawings, Everything was so blend and boring, Could have been so much more, missed change! so, ummm, the runaway bunny tries to set boundaries over and over to take some space in this story and basically their parent, tramples them over and over.
. kinda creepy. Sometimes we don't know just what to say, I like hearing myself talk, but I have to admit Ive had my limits, And sometimes, when a child is thoroughly angry with you, your own words may not be what they want to hear, This book was a warm and gentle tool, It was one I pulled out when a toddler was out of control with their anger, but heck, they were still sorta right, too, This one taught my kids that Mom was she who must be obeyed, . . and yet it also said I'm sorry and of course: I love you, I love you unconditionally. everyone loves this book. everyone remembers it being lovely when they were children, but if you read it again you may find it creepy, i do. the illustrations are beautiful, and the message i s'pose is charming, but my son and i both dislike it, he becomes rigid with boredom when i try to read this to him, and he has pretty good reading stamina for a,year old. he digs all the classics, but we agree that this book is actually somewhat spooky, the bunny is not really asking mommy to rescue him he wants a little space and freedom, if bunny were to say, "how about i go down to the depths of hell to escape you" mommy rabbit would reply, "than i shall morph into lucifer and gobble you up in my fiery flames of fire.
" I need to know where Daddy Bunny is during all this, . .

Considered a classic picturebook which tells the simple story of a young bunny who wishes to gain independence and runaway from home,

On the one hand it's quite a sweet tale as a mother's unconditional love dictates that she will follow him with every outlandish suggestion that the little boy bunny makes, though a modern take makes the mother feel way too possessive as she stifles her young ones quest for adventure.

It's quite controlling behavouir which sees the little bunny admit defeat and the mother happily offering a carrot,

Some context as to the father's fate might go some way into explaining why the mother is so overprotective, A little bunny keeps running away from his mother in an imaginative and imaginary game of verbal hideandseek children will be profoundly comforted by this lovingly steadfast mother who finds her child every time.


The Runaway Bunny, first published inand never out of print, has indeed become a classic, Generations of readers have fallen in love with the gentle magic of its reassuring words and loving pictures, A remedy for restlessness and/or the type of Gypsyblood, spring fever that is quickened by the wind and urges one to follow a wilder inner compass and throw caution to the four corners of the earth.
This is a lovely children's book that reminds us that, "Home is where the heart is, "
This book first published inhelped quell my own biannual, hardwired urge to uproot myself and start over somewhere new, Consequently, I read it aloud to both of my wayward and wanderlust children to hopefully innoculate them from the vagaries of hitting the road and to let them know my love was with them like a polestar wherever they decided to journey.


My daughter returned to herself and found her inner sense of home,

My son did not return,

And at this time of year, I acknowledge my son' Gordon Clark's decision to journey to another plane of existence, After years of struggle with mental health issues, he decided to end his incarnation here on earth and not come home, Instead, he chose a farther destination, Yet, my love for him remains, like a polestar, And when he's ready, we will meet again, .