Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake

by Michael Kaplan, Stephane Jorisch (Illustrator)

Overview

Meet Betty Bunny, a loveable handful nobunny can resist.
 
From author Michael B. Kaplan, creator of Disney’s T.V. show Dog with a Blog, comes the debut picture book of the Betty Bunny series. It's a story about patience—seen through the eyes of a precocious preschooler.
 
Betty Bunny is the youngest in her family of rabbits and she’s just discovering the important things in life, like chocolate cake. She declares, “I am going to marry chocolate cake” and takes a piece to school with her in her pocket. Mom values healthy eating and tells Betty Bunny she needs patience when it comes to dessert. But Betty Bunny doesn’t want patience, she wants chocolate cake! In this funny tribute to chocolate lovers (and picky eaters), Betty Bunny’s charming perspective on patience will be recognizable to anyone with a preschooler in their life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101998632
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	09/06/2016
Series:	Betty Bunny
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	514,514
Product dimensions:	9.80(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Michael B. Kaplan has worked as a television writer and producer of twelve different prime-time shows, including two of televisions most respected comedies, Roseanne and Frasier.  He co-created and executive produced I'm in the Band for Disney XD and Dog with a Blog for Disney Channel.  This is the first of five Betty Bunny books Michael has written.  He lives with his family in Los Angeles.


Stéphane Jorisch has illustrated many beautiful books for children, including Granddad’s Fishing Buddy by Mary Quigley and New Year at the Pier by April Halprin Wayland. He also curates two art collections in Canada. He lives with his family in Montreal, Quebec.

Editorial Reviews

* “A spunky bunny girl, whimsical watercolor illustrations and a laugh-out-loud plot are the key ingredients for this sweet and satisfying treat of a story.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"The illustrations in this book are created as beautiful watercolors and ink drawings that vividly support the storyline and enhance the humor of the text. This is a fun book for young readers."—Children's Literature 

"Readers will delight in feeling older and wiser than Betty, and both Jorisch (New Year at the Pier) and debut talent Kaplan demonstrate a sure handle on feisty modern family dynamics."—Publishers Weekly 

From the Publisher

The devil's food cake is in the details of this blithe yet emotionally honest book about the eponymous rabbit, a "handful" of a child who becomes deeply enamored of chocolate cake after her first bite. Much of the book's humor depends upon Betty's misunderstandings—especially the meanings of "handful" ("Betty Bunny knew that her mother and father loved her, and so being a handful must be very, very good") and patience. When Betty's mother insists she eat her healthy dinner before her cake, Betty throws a tantrum before agreeing to be more patient tomorrow. (She quickly reveals she doesn't quite have the concept down when she stealthily slips a piece of cake into her pocket, where it turns into a "brown goopy mess.") Readers will delight in feeling older and wiser than Betty, and both Jorisch (New Year at the Pier) and debut talent Kaplan demonstrate a sure handle on feisty modern family dynamics, whether in Betty's dreamy gaze as she declares, "I am going to marry chocolate cake," or her older brother's surly retort: "Whatever.... But you're going to have really weird-looking kids." Ages 3–5. (May)

Publishers Weekly

Oh, how Betty Bunny comes to love the taste of chocolate cake! She can think of nothing else—certainly not the fact that she will need to eat a healthy dinner before she can have a piece or that a piece of cake may not fare well during the school day tucked in her pocket. Katherine Kellgren’s elegant voice may be a bit out of place amid the rough give-and-take of the bunny family, but she uses it to heighten the drama and individualize the characters. As Betty, she sounds imperious and prone to tantrums; as Betty’s older brother, mocking; and as Betty’s mother, authoritative. Kellgren draws out important phrases: “I can’t belie-e-e-ve you put cake in your pocket.” A.R. 2014 Audies Finalist © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine

JANUARY 2013 - AudioFile