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Product Description A cozy celebration of bedtime routines in a sturdy-format companion book to Hat On, Hat Off and Baby Cakes The endearing siblings of Theo Heras' and Renné Benoit's Hat On, Hat Off and Baby Cakes return once more in a sweet celebration of bedtime. Humor, helpfulness, and heart combine as Baby's big sister helps to see him - and, of course, his stuffed bunny - through the nighttime routine from bath to bed. Little listeners will connect with familiar sensory language of warm, tickly water and blanket snuggles, and they will be able to enjoy it time and again in this study-format book with a padded cover, rounded corners, and extra-heavy paper. Preschoolers can chime in with Theo Heras' brief, descriptive text, and Renné Benoit's watercolor and digital art, full of big baby faces and warm pastel colours. Where's Bunny? will make bedtime a happy time for the whole family. From School Library Journal Toddler-PreS—Designed for the youngest listeners and readers, this sweet story features an older sister who helps her adorable younger brother wind down from his day and enjoy the rituals of bedtime. Together, they take a bath (in a tub filled with plenty of bubbles and their favorite water toys), wash their hair, brush their teeth, and read a story. Simple phrases ("Warm water tickles toes") are interspersed with declaratory exclamations ("Soapy suds, not in eyes!). By using a warm color palette without strong contrasts, the watercolor-and-digital art suggests coziness, happiness, and familial love. The fluffy bathrobes and pajamas look positively snuggly. At several points throughout the story, the little brother seeks and tightly hugs a happy-looking stuffed rabbit. This is the third book created by Heras and Benoit about the same brown-skinned brother/sister duo. VERDICT A soothing bedtime story perfect for one-on-one sharing with babies, toddlers, and preschoolers alike.—Sally James, South Hillsborough Elementary School, CA Review Praise for Where's Bunny? 2019 Cooperative Children's Book Center Choice 2018 Reading Rockets "Summer Reading Guide" selection "[T]he children are being lovingly supervised, but the visual centering of the children allows for fluid reading of the text....[R]eaders may well see a newly literate older sibling reading aloud to a younger one-an empowering possibility....A nicely child-centered iteration on a common theme."―Kirkus Reviews "[A] sweet story....By using a warm color palette without strong contrasts, the watercolor-and-digital art suggests coziness, happiness, and familial love....VERDICT A soothing bedtime story perfect for one-on-one sharing with babies, toddlers, and preschoolers alike."―School Library Journal "Humor, helpfulness, and heart combine as Baby's big sister helps to see him - and, of course, his stuffed bunny - through the nighttime routine from bath to bed....Where's Bunny? will make bedtime a happy time for the whole family and is unreservedly recommended for daycare center and preschool collections."―Midwest Book Review "Told with sparse language, Where's Bunny? will appeal to the very young. Its soothing pace makes it an ideal bedtime book....The illustrations are simple, interesting, and cheerful...Refreshing, too, is the depiction of children of colour. Young children are sure to be soothed by the content, pace, and illustration of Where's Bunny? Highly Recommended."―CM Magazine “[T]he illustrations set the action right in front of viewers who will reach for the baby reaching up at them. Put this into use for nap times or to aid new parents in the midst of sleep training. A loving path to sleepytime, and ideal for board book collections that see wide circulation.”―School Library Journal “This book allows readers to decide what a family should look like and offers a refreshingly positive BIPOC image. Younger children will be drawn to the big baby faces. Parents will appreciate the positive sibling relationship illustrated throughout this work.