Listen, Buddy - Hardcover

Lester, Helen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395723612 ISBN 13: 9780395723616

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1995

Synopsis

In a silly tale about a little bunny who just cannot seem to listen, Buddy, despite his big ears, does not heed a warning as he takes the wrong turn and encounters the Scruffy Varmint.

About this title

About the Author

Helen Lester and Lynn Munsinger have been together through thick and thin since first publishing The Wizard, the Fairy, and the Magic Chicken in 1983. They have collaborated on the hilarious Tacky the Penguin series and many other wildly funny and popular titles including the award-winning Hooway for Wodney Wat. Helen Lester is a full-time author and a former teacher who makes her home in Pawling, New York.

Helen Lester and Lynn Munsinger have been together through thick and thin since first publishing The Wizard, the Fairy, and the Magic Chicken in 1983 with Houghton Mifflin Company and Walter Lorraine, their editor. They have collaborated on the hilarious Tacky the Penguin series and many other wildly funny and popular titles including the award-winning Hooway for Wodney Wat. Lynn Munsinger is a full-time illustrator who divides her time between Connecticut and Vermont.

From Publishers Weekly

His ears are enormous, but listening is not the forte of a bunny named Buddy. And his misinterpretations of his parents's requests make for the sort of silly confusion that youngsters love: when his father asks for a pen, Buddy drags in a disgruntled hen; instead of the slice of bread his mother wants, Buddy turns up with the sawed-off headboard from a bed. Taking his first solo "long hop," Buddy forgets whether he is supposed to take a left or a right when the road forks. He selects the wrong route, of course, and ends up at the cave of the Scruffy Varmint, where he unleashes merry mayhem in trying to help that cranky creature cook soup. After the varmint decides that he'd rather eat stew made from "the Bunnyrabbit who never listens," Buddy hears him loud and clear. If lacking the all-out pizazz of Lester and Munsinger's Tacky the Penguin, this sprightly paced tale amiably nudges kids whose direction-following skills need some honing. Munsinger's watercolors-and Buddy's comical expressions in particular-are characteristically entertaining. Ages 4-8.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0395723612
• ISBN 13: 9780395723616
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Munsinger Lynn