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Boo, Bunny in People Magazine!

boo bunny in people

BOO, BUNNY! in School Library Journal

Neophyte trick-or-treaters might be just a tad nervous about the things that go boo in the night, but this story should go a long way toward alleviating their discomfort. Two nervous rabbits meet on Halloween night. "One bunny quivers./One bunny shivers./One big door./One hissing cat./Two small bunnies/tap,/tap,/tap." Mack's illustrations are a delicious contrast of dark backgrounds, spooky shapes, and bright fuzzy rabbits in their costumes. The theme is that what's frightening for an individual is bearable "and even fun" when you have a companion. The vivid color contrasts and direct, face-your-fears story are reminiscent of Susan L. Roth's Night-Time Numbers (Barefoot, 1999).-Susan Weitz, formerly at Spencer-Van Etten School District, Spencer, NY

BOO, BUNNY! in Kirkus

One little green-caped and -masked bunny makes its tremulous way through a dark Halloween night until-"Jump. / Bump! / 'Eeek!' / 'Squeak!'-it bumps into a bumblebee-bunny, and shivering and quivering, they decide to join forces, "two paws held tight," for trick-or-treating. Galbraith's minimal text falls into nicely staccato rhyming couplets, while Mack's bright acrylics isolate his fuzzy protagonists on a spooky, black background that places bare-branched trees in bold silhouette against an eerily colored sky. Colors modulate as the newfound friends proceed, joyously scattering bits of candy and carrots behind. Newly minted trick-or-treaters will ask for this one over and over. (Picture book. 3-6)



"Mack's illustrations are a delicious contrast of dark backgrounds, spooky shapes, and bright fuzzy rabbits in their costumes." - School Library Journal "Newly minted trick-or-treaters will ask for this one over and over." - Kirkus "Jeff Mack's illustrations are so furrily appealing, even first-time trick-or-treaters will be reassured." - PEOPLE Magazine