Lawrence
The Bunny Who Wanted to Be Naked
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
In this funny, charming, and oh-so-relatable picture book, meet a young bunny named Lawrence who is determined to decide what he wears--or doesn't wear.
Ever since he was a tiny bunny, Lawrence's mother has dressed him up in all the most fashionable clothes--the brightest colors and the most interesting styles. Lawrence wears homemade sweater suits. And inflatible helium balloon pants. The only problem? Lawrence hates wearing clothes and longs to hop naked through the fields--just like all the other bunnies.
So Lawrence comes up with an ingenious plan to turn the tables on his mother. Ultimately, the mother-son duo devise a way to put their considerable creative talents to use, in a way that makes both of them happy. In this picture book that's perfect for Easter and year round, kids will laugh out loud at (and understand!) Lawrence's quest for independence, just as parents will identify with how hard it is to let go of your one-and-only special bunny....
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Kousky (The Blue Songbird) takes an emotionally savvy look at a mother-child relationship that's gone a little off the rails. None of the other animals wear clothes, including Lawrence's mother. But "ever since Lawrence was a baby bunny, his mother has loved to dress him up." Poor Lawrence lets loose one gripe ("Every other beast gets to go naked. Why can't I?"), but all the getups, some handmade, are acts of love, and so Lawrence puts up with outfits that include "inflatable helium balloon pants," which send him soaring over treetops upside down. The digitized watercolor and pencil fashion parade strikes just the right balance of inventiveness and awfulness; readers will simultaneously feel for the wearer while finding the broad array amusing. When Lawrence finally decides that "Mommy must be stopped," his solution ingenious, rascally, and still deeply empathic will elicit knowing smiles. What kid can resist the opportunity to teach an adult a lesson, especially when the adult initially has no idea that she's being taught, and everybody wins in the end? Ages 3 7.
