Big Bunny

By Rowboat Watkins

“The infectious fun continues to the ending, which will be—trust me—a giant, hilarious surprise to both parents and kids.” —The New York Times

Once upon a time there was a book about . . .

MONSTERS!

No.

SPACE ALIENS?

Nope . . . a BUNNY!

A GIANT SCARY TRUCK-EATING BUNNY?!?

Um . . . well, maybe it was a tiny bit big.

From the curious mind of Rowboat Watkins, award-winning author of Most Marshmallows and Mabel: A Mermaid Fable, comes a ginormously imaginative story that is as funny as it is philosophical. How big is Big Bunny? And how will this story end? Delightfully meta and humorously subversive, Big Bunny will take its place as the next go-to story about stories.

“Watkins’s pictures exude the giddiness of an imagination unleashed.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Mar 20, 2018
• ISBN: 9781452165530

Rowboat Watkins

Rowboat Watkins was a recipient of the 2010 Sendak Fellowship, his book Rude Cakes was an Ezra Jack Keats Honor Book, and the New York Times praised his most recent title, Most Marshmallows, as "exquisite." Rowboat lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York.

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Reviews for Big Bunny

[melodyreads · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

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[abigailadams26 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The story of a big bunny, being told as a bedtime selection by an off-page parent, is continually interrupted and augmented by the child-listener (also off-page) in this newest picture-book from author/illustrator Rowboat Watkins. The listener in question wants thrills and excitement, and eventually takes over the storytelling process altogether, when the reader gets frustrated with their interjections. It is only at the end that the parent and child - a pair of cabbages! - is revealed, along with a real bunny listening at the window...After reading and enjoying Watkins' previous two forays into the world of picture-books (Rude Cakes and Pete With No Pants), I had great expectations for Big Bunny, especially after a colleague gave it high praise. I ended up enjoying it, but not quite as much as I had expected to. The artwork is amusing, and I liked the story idea, but somehow the concluding episode, which some found hilarious, didn't quite strike my funny bone. Tastes vary, and humor is highly idiosyncratic of course, so I would imagine that others will react differently, especially if they are fans of Watkins' work. It is to such readers that I would recommend this one.