''Bunnies!!!'' is a 2015 children's picture book by Kevan Atteberry about the interaction between Declan, a small friendly

monster A monster is a type of fictional creature found in horror, fantasy, science fiction, folklore, mythology and religion. Monsters are very often depicted as dangerous and aggressive with a strange, grotesque appearance that causes terror and fe ...

, and a group of four

rabbits Rabbits, also known as bunnies or bunny rabbits, are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also contains the hares) of the order Lagomorpha (which also contains the pikas). ''Oryctolagus cuniculus'' includes the European rabbit specie ...

Reception

A review of ''Bunnies!!!'' by the '' School Library Journal'' wrote "The expressive cartoon characters rendered digitally in full color make this spare tale understandable for both readers and non-readers. .. Children will sympathize with the simple emotions of the monster and the unease of the rabbits that slowly builds toward trust, but it is the madcap action that will have them laughing with delight and asking for the book again.", and Children's Book & Media Review recommended it for beginning readers and to " teach young readers to accept and love all the different kinds of people around us." ''Bunnies!!!'' has also been reviewed by ''

The Horn Book Guide ''The Horn Book Magazine'', founded in Boston in 1924, is the oldest bimonthly magazine dedicated to reviewing children's literature. It began as a "suggestive purchase list" prepared by Bertha Mahony Miller and Elinor Whitney Field, proprietress ...

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'', '' Publishers Weekly'', and the '' Sahuarita Sun''. ''Bunnies!!!'' won the 2016 Missouri Building Block award, and was a 2016 CCBC Choices book.

References

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