Mosasaur forts: the only known protection against battle bunnies
Scieszka, Jon. Battle Bunny. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2013.
Plot: Originally a sappy story about a rabbit recepiant of a surprise party, the title morphs into an epic tale through the intervention of Alex. Alex utilizes his imagination and pencil to transform an overly-cute birthday present into the record of a helmeted, patch-eyed, meglomaniac bunny and his quest to take over the world. The planet seems doomed until the intervention of an unlikely but undeniable hero.
Genre: Humor, Animals
Reading Level: Aimed at preschool through fourth graders, but it made me and my family laugh.
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Personal Thoughts: Anyone ever obligated to read, accept, or acknowledge a title clearly written for a lower reading (or interest) level will appreciate Alex's creative solution to the problem. The "original" illustrations and text are appropriately sickly-sweet, while Alex's improvements tap into the typical drawing and interest style of elementary students. The result is a title that, while hard to describe, is undeniably fun to read.
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