What Does Bunny See?: A Book of Colors and Flowers

by Linda Sue Park, Maggie Smith (Illustrator)

Overview

Red poppies, yellow primroses, purple violets, and other colorful flowers bloom and grow in this delightful picture book by Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park—the perfect tool for learning colors and flowers!

“Lots of books teach children to recognize colors, but this one also provides a lesson in flower identification. . . . The funny little bunny makes an amusing counterpoint to the lush flowers.” —Booklist

“An attractive and effective concept book.” —School Library Journal

Young readers will be charmed as they explore a garden with Bunny, finding flowers of every color. Red poppies, yellow primroses, purple violets, and other colorful blossoms bloom and grow in this delightful and cheery picture book by Newbery Medalist and best-selling author Linda Sue Park. It's the perfect book for teaching young readers their colors and flowers. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780618234851
Publisher:	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date:	03/28/2005
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.38(d)
Lexile:	NC950L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Linda Sue Park is the author of the Newbery Medal book A Single Shard and bestseller A Long Walk to Water. She has written several acclaimed picture book texts. She lives in Rochester, New York, with her family. Visit her online at lspark.com and on Twitter @LindaSuePark.

Maggie Smith has written and illustrated many picture books including My Blue Bunny, Bubbit and Beach Day. An accomplished sewist and owner of the Etsy shop Maggierama, she lives in Massachusetts. Visit her online at maggiebooks.com.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Funny little bunny makes an amusing counterpoint to the lush flowers... children will...enjoy recognizing and naming the colors." BOOKLIST Booklist, ALA

"Bunny has expressive features....This is an attractive and effective concept book." School Library Journal School Library Journal

Editorial Reviews

When older siblings trot off to school, little ones at home can enjoy a special learning experience, thanks to What Does Bunny See?. Newbery-winning novelist Linda Sue Park turns her nimble pen to the simple rhymes and rhythms that engage the young. Like tots everywhere, a little rabbit likes to stop and smell the roses ... and the primroses and the violets and the morning glories. Along the way, she learns to name the colors of the flowers: yellow primroses, purple violets, blue morning glories. Maggie Smith's watercolors bring to life a furry protagonist who wanders wide- eyed through a bright, blooming world. Bunny is sure to engage her young human cohorts. 2005, Clarion, Ages 2 to 4.
—Mary Quattlebaum

Children's Literature

PreS-K-Bunny hops through a garden and is introduced to different colors and flowers along the way. The rhymed text, stilted at times, gives readers clues as to the hue that will appear on the next page. For instance, "In a cottage garden/ears and whiskers clean/Bunny finds a patch of lawn/what she sees is--green!" After she is done exploring, she curls up in her nest where she "dreams a rainbow dream/colors blossom-bright." The watercolor-and-pencil illustrations do a good job of bringing the blossoms to life: orange tiger lilies, yellow primroses, and green clover and grass are easily identifiable and gracefully drawn. Bunny has expressive features and fuzzy gray fur. This is an attractive and effective concept book and may, as such, be a useful purchase. Yet it is doubtful that the character or the presentation itself will ever gain "read it again" status.-Lisa Gangemi Kropp, Middle Country Public Library, Centereach, NY Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal

"Funny little bunny makes an amusing counterpoint to the lush flowers... children will...enjoy recognizing and naming the colors." BOOKLIST Booklist, ALA

"Bunny has expressive features....This is an attractive and effective concept book." School Library Journal School Library Journal

From the Publisher