Stone Rabbit #1: BC Mambo - Softcover

Craddock, Erik

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0375843604 ISBN 13: 9780375843600

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers, 2009

Synopsis

Stone Rabbit is a bored little bunny who lives a humdrum existence in the sleepy town of Happy Glades. But all that changes when he discovers a time portal of doom—right under his bathroom rug! Suddenly, Stone Rabbit finds himself on a Jurassic journey in a prehistoric world, facing off against vicious velociraptors, terrifying T. rexes, and a nefariousNeanderthal bent on world conquest. Will our hero be able to save the past and return to the present—or will he become extinct?BC Mambo is the first book in a full-color series of riotous, rip-roaring graphic novels that chronicles the zany of adventures of a quick-tempered and quick-witted young rabbit.Erik Craddock grew up during the ’80s and ’90s on a steady diet of comics, video games, and pop culture. It was during his time as a student at New York City’s School of Visual Arts that Stone Rabbit was born. He lives in Babylon, New York.

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About the Author

Erik Craddock grew up during the '80s and '90s on a steady diet of comics, video games, and pop culture. He graduated summa cum laude from New York City's School of Visual Arts in 2003 with a BFA in cartooning. He also worked for some time in the field of television and movie animation. He is the author of Manga Claus: The Blade of Kringle and the popular Stone Rabbit series, and a permanent feature of the Museum of Comic and Cartooning Art.

Reviews

An unnamed young rabbit accidentally opens a deep hole in his bathroom and falls in. He lands in a prehistoric land where he is immediately chased by dinosaurs and is worshipped as a god by a village of prehistoric rabbits. After a monster captures the rabbits, he embarks on a mission to rescue them. Along the way he encounters Willie, the man who operates the robotic monster and who plans to use the rabbit hero’s bottle of barbecue sauce to start a chain of prehistoric fast-food joints to feed his millions of slaves. The problem is, what are these cryptic ingredients listed on the label of the sauce? Craddock, who is also the artist of Manga Claus (2006), brings a brightly colored, zany cartoon quality to the story and art, with the hero rabbit falling into one peril after another. The proposed fast-food empire is just the kind of plot that young readers can follow; reading this book is just as fun as watching Saturday morning cartoons. Grades 3-5. --Kat Kan

Edition details

• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0375843604
• ISBN 13: 9780375843600
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Craddock Erik
• Number of pages: 96