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A humorous way to show kids that being different can be a lot of fun! How would you feel if one morning you woke up with a big-eared, wet-nosed bunny on your head?Would you be surprised? And what would you do if you learned the bunny's name was Fred? And he liked it there on top of your head? You'd be different from your friends, who have nothing on their heads, but hey! That's okay too.This charming fun-filled book about a boy and special friend will delight young readers and enchant their parents as well.
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Author Notes
Sean Bryan is the author of numerous children's books, including A Girl and Her Gator, A Bear and His Boy, and The Juggling Pug. He works at a New York advertising agency and lives with his wife and son in Darien, Connecticut.
Tom Murphy is the illustrator of numerous books, including four books with Sean Bryan. He also works in advertising. He lives with his wife and two children in Westchester, New York.
Reviews (2)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 1-While Mother is puzzled when her son wakes up with an animal on his head, he isn't perturbed. In fact, the creature lets her know that "you can do anything with a bunny on your head." And so the fanciful story goes. The bunny explains that "peanut butter can be spread" and "books can be read with a bunny on your head." Only pale blue and yellow color the spare line drawings, yet they go a long way in embellishing this quirky and imaginative tale. The large font emphasizes the white space. On the final page, the boy's sister enters, sporting her own animal. An amusing picture book that warrants repeated readings.-Blair Christolon, Prince William Public Library System, Manassas, VA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
In this amiable frippery about a bad hare day, a boy wakes up "with a bunny on his head.... `Good morning,' said Fred, the bunny on his head." The boy, drawn in a casual scrawl against tints of minimal blues and yellows, smiles up at his white, long-eared companion. The boy's mother gently observes, "You know, I hate to tell you, but it's got to be said.../ You have a great big bunny on your head!" Fred, sensing disapproval, insists this is no hindrance: "Books can be read with a bunny on your head./ Peanut butter can be spread with a bunny on your head," he says, as artwork depicts the boy performing everyday tasks. The child takes up Fred's logic in a repetitive fashion that recalls Green Eggs and Ham. "You could build a tool shed with a bunny on your head./ You could drive a moped with a bunny on your head," he surmises, and a sketch shows the bunny balancing nimbly on a construction hat and crash helmet. The mother relents ("I take back what I said. You look pretty cool with that bunny on your head"), convinced that the situation is absurd but livable. Debut author Bryan's silly rhymes and first-time children's book artist Murphy's effortless doodles imply that readers might invent more bunny-on-your-head activities, while the parent-child conversation implies that kid couture need not be cause for alarm. Ages 3-6. (Feb.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved