Thursday, September 18, 2014

Picture books for everyone

Battle Bunny by Jon Scieszka and Mac Barnett

This is an entirely singular book. The base story is a sweet tale of a bunny celebrating his birthday with his friends. What really makes this book is the second story, the one that "Alex", the child to whom this book was given, wrote over top. This is the story of Battle Bunny and his evil plan to take over the world. With "pencil" additions to both the text and the illustrations, this is exactly what you might expect a boy to do to a book he doesn't like. Even the title page and copyright information have additions. It is certainly a different way of looking at a picture book and one that older kids will enjoy. It might also serve as inspiration for a writing project with the right kids.


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