Rescue Bunnies - Hardcover

Cronin, Doreen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061128716 ISBN 13: 9780061128714

Publisher: Balzer + Bray, 2010

Synopsis

Newbie is a Rescue Bunny trainee.

She has passed the Physical Fitness Test. She has passed the Emergency Rescue Roping Test. She has even passed the Blind Taste Test. Now it's time for the toughest Rescue Bunny test of all . . . the Field Test!

It involves a scared giraffe in a sinking mudhole, some hungry hyenas, and dance moves that sneak up on you.

Will Newbie have what it takes? The right stuff? Can she handle the truth?

One thing is for sure . . . she will have you at hello.

About this title

About the Author:

Doreen Cronin is the New York Times bestselling author of Diary of a Worm, Diary of a Spider, and Diary of a Fly, as well as Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type, a Caldecott Honor Book, and Giggle, Giggle, Quack. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and their daughters.

Scott Menchin is the author and illustrator of the Christopher Award-winning Taking a Bath with the Dog as well as the illustrator of four books with Doreen Cronin, rescue bunnies, Wiggle, Bounce, and Stretch. His work has appeared in the New York Times and Time magazine. He lives with his family in New York City.

From School Library Journal:

PreS-Gr 2–In her field-test trial, Newbie joins the rest of her big-booted rescue team in trying to extract a young giraffe from a pool of muck on a savanna. Nothing works. Complicating the rescue and threatening a "Code Red" (abandon rescue and victim) is an incoming band of evil-looking hyenas. When Newbie realizes that the giraffe she is comforting will be at the mercy of the ravening pack, she ties herself onto its neck and the other team members use the rhythm of the "bunny hop" to pull the leggy creature free. The plot meanders lazily and illogically from a behind-the-scenes look at Newbie's training, to the bumbling rescue attempts, to a somewhat longish section of indecision while the hyenas gallop in as the bunnies burble and chat. Scattered throughout the text, apropos of nothing, are quotes from movies that will mostly soar over the heads of young listeners. The full-color art uses minimalist backgrounds and simple shapes to focus readers' eyes on the action. Libraries looking for books on community helpers or rescue teams may enjoy seeing these bunnies in action, but this effort is additional at best.Marge Loch-Wouters, La Crosse Public Library, WI
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About this edition

• Publisher: Balzer + Bray
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0061128716
• ISBN 13: 9780061128714
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Menchin Scott