Module 1: The Runaway Bunny

Module 1:  The Runaway Bunny


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·         Book Summary:  The Runaway Bunny is about a little bunny who is trying to run away from home.  To the little bunny’s surprise, everywhere the little bunny says he’s going to run away to, his mother has a solution and a way of becoming something to find him.  This book takes the reader on an adventure with the little bunny and his mother as they become characters such as fish, rocks on the mountain, to a tightrope walker.  By the end of the book, the little bunny gives up trying to run away as the mother bunny has proved her love for the little bunny. 

·         APA Reference of Book:

Brown, M.W. (1942).  The runaway bunny. New York, New York:  Harper Collins Publishers.

·        Impressions:  I think the Runaway Bunny is a heartwarming story that expresses the meaning of love between a mother and child.  The mother bunny shows the little bunny that she would go through all odds and across the world to express her love for him.  This book helps me understand that a mother’s love, in many cases, is unconditional.  Although the bunny had his reasons for wanting to run away, the mother bunny showed him that he was already in a safe pl

Professional Review: 

PreS-K--The three beloved stories on this CD are read by Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas and sung by baritone Mark Stone. Margaret Wise Brown's The Runaway Bunny is told by Zeta-Jones and the instrumentals are performed by Trio 21 on violin, piano, and cello. Jean de Brunhoff's classic The Story of Barbar is read by Michael Douglas with music by Francis Poulenc and Jason Worth on piano. Margaret Wise Brown's story is presented as Goodnight Moon: A Lullaby for Soprano and Orchestra, sung by baritone Mark Stone with music by Glen Roven. There are two additional tracks: a shorter version of The Runaway Bunny and a track of the Goodnight Moon lullaby sung by the GPR Festival Choir. At times it is difficult to understand the lullaby version of Goodnight Moon without having the book available, but this doesn't diminish the effectiveness of it as a lullaby. These soothing versions of classics can be used during preschool rest times. A portion of the profits from the sale of the CD will be donated to the Windward School in White Plains, NY, focused on helping students with language-based learning disabilities (Farnlacker, 2013).

Reference:  Farnlacher, S. (May, 2013).  School Library Journal. 59(5). P55.

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         Library Uses:  I could use this book for students to write and draw about their mother for Mother’s Day.  Students could write about how their mothers show them love.