Bunnybear
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Publisher Description
2018 Storytelling World Resource Award Winner - Stories for Young Listeners
2018 Rainbow Book List
Bunnybear is more than a bear.
Although Bunnybear was born a bear, he feels more like a bunny. He prefers bouncing in the thicket to tramping in the forest, and in his heart he's fluffy and tiny, like a rabbit, instead of burly and loud, like a bear. The other bears don’t understand him, and neither do the bunnies. Will Bunnybear ever find a friend who likes him just the way he is?
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In a story about sticking to what you know to be true, even if it goes against social norms, debut author Loney introduces a bear who feels most like himself when he's doing the sorts of things that bunnies do: "He loved to bounce through the forest, wiggle his nose, and nibble on strawberries. It made him feel free and light and happy." Bunnybear's fellow bears don't understand him, nor do a warren of bunnies except for one named Grizzlybun, who declares herself a bear. "I'm burly and loud and I eat whatever I want," she tells Bunnybear, who responds, "That certainly sounds like a bear to me." Working in what looks like a combination of painting and digital techniques, newcomer Salda a creates an appealing cast of wild animals and an equally inviting woodland landscape, and she doesn't ignore the humorousness of a bear who prefers hopping to stomping or a bunny whose inner ferociousness outstrips her small size. But despite the lighthearted tone, Loney's story has important things to say about identity and acceptance, and is valuable both as entertainment and a conversation-starter. Ages 4 8.
