The Runaway Bunny
 | By Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd HarperCollins, 1942, Hardcover Customer Rating: 141 reviews Recommend This product is currently not available and cannot be purchased. It means that we have no merchant offers for this product at the moment or it was discontinued by the manufacturer. |
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Clement Hurd redrew some of his pictures for this new edition of the profoundly comforting story of a bunny’s imaginary game of hide-and-seek and the lovingly steadfast mother who finds him every time.
"Best of the Best" Children's Books 1966–1978 (SLJ)
Outstanding Children's Books of 1972 (NYT)
Since its publication in 1942, The Runaway Bunny has never been out of print. Generations of sleepy children and grateful parents have loved the classics of Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd, including Goodnight Moon. The Runaway Bunny begins with a young bunny who decides to run away: "'If you run away,' said his mother, 'I will run after you. For you are my little bunny.'" And so begins a delightful, imaginary game of chase. No matter how many forms the little bunny takes — a fish in a stream, a crocus in a hidden garden, a rock on a mountain — his steadfast, adoring, protective mother finds a way of retrieving him. The soothing rhythm of the bunny banter — along with the surreal, dream-like pictures — never fail to infuse young readers with a complete sense of security and peace. For any small child who has toyed with the idea of running away or testing the strength of Mom's love, this old favorite will comfort and reassure. (Baby to preschool)
Title: The Runaway Bunny
Sales Rank: 496472 in Books
Author: Margaret Wise Brown
Creator: Clement Hurd
Publisher: HarperCollins, 1942-06-05, Hardcover, 48 pages, ISBN: 0060207655
Package Dimensions: 8.1 x 6.8 x 0.5 inches, 0.6 pounds
- Abusive relationship
- This has to be the creepiest book for young children I have ever read. It is a perfect allegory for an abusive relationship. The mother bunny is an abusive husband and the baby bunny is an abused wife. The "mother" stalks the "baby" and convinces him that there is no way to escape even in fantasy. In the end the "baby", like many victims of domestic abuse,… More reviews
- Sweet
- I do not yet have any kids of my own, but I was touched by the sweet message of maternal love in this book. The illustrations are gorgeous. More reviews
- It's so scary...
- I think this book is awful. My little sister received it from a relative, and actually had nightmares about it. It's not a good thing to stalk your kids, seriously. Let them have a bit of autonomy and some room to grow and develop in their own ways. Heck, even if they run away, it's probably okay. I know that I would "run away"… More reviews
- Very nice book
- I just ordered books for my almost 2 year old grandchild. Out of the seven I sent her my daughter says that the baby loves this one the most. The pictures are nice in a vintage style of soft colors and pen and ink.
My grandchild listens while the entire book is read. … More reviews
- Nothing more than a classic transformation story
- This is a type of story that has been told almost as long as there have been storytellers, except that this story is (uniquely?) suitable for preschoolers and babies.
The little bunny declares he'll run away for no other reason than because he can say such a thing. At that age, children say all sorts of silly things, but they… More reviews
