Thursday, May 2, 2019

[BOOK REVIEW] The Very Bad Bunny by Marilyn Sadler






Title:  The Very Bad Bunny

Author:  Marilyn Sadler

Artist: Roger Bollen


Genre:  Children's / Animals / Family / Humor

Year Published: 1984

Year Read:  2019


Series: P.J. Funnybunny #2

Publisher:  
Beginner Books

Source:  Purchased

Content Rating:  Ages 5+  (Confusing Message)

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Man, it’s been awhile since I last read a “P.J. Funnybunny” book, despite growing up with the series.  I think the last “P.J. Funnybunny” book I read was “It’s Not Easy Being a Bunny,” which was many years ago.  So, I finally picked up another “P.J. Funnybunny” book called “The Very Bad Bunny” by Marilyn Sadler, along with artwork by Roger Bollen and I had a blast reading this book!

P.J. Funnybunny did not mean to be a bad bunny. He would do things like break the vase while playing in the house, spill syrup on the floor, cut up the newspaper before his father had a chance to read it and invite his friends over without asking his mother.  Because of these things, P.J.’s parents and siblings all think that he is a bad bunny.  One day however, P.J.’s little cousin Binky comes in for a visit and he and P.J. started playing with each other.  But unfortunately, Binky turned out to be a bad bunny who was even worse than P.J. as he would do things like throw P.J.’s favorite ball into the lake, letting go of P.J.’s balloon and painting bunnies all over the walls in the house. 

Now P.J and his family are going to see just how bad a bunny can be!



Wow!  I was really having fun with this book!  Marilyn Sadler did a fantastic job at writing this book as it was full of good humor!  I enjoyed seeing the scenes where P.J. has to deal with Binky’s constant mischief and how he acted more mature in comparison.  I found it pretty amusing that P.J.’s family thought that P.J. was the bad bunny, until they met Binky and he turned out to be much worse than P.J. himself!  I also loved Roger Bollen’s artwork as it is humorous to look at, especially the images of P.J. and his family having to deal with Binky’s mischief throughout the book!  I also enjoyed seeing how big the bunnies’ ears were in this book as they are drawn as taking over most of the space in the pages and seem to be extremely thick in size.


Parents should know that the message of this book might be a tad bit too confusing for some children.  The way that I am looking at this story is that P.J. has done some bad things, but he never meant to do any of those things on purpose. He seems genuinely sorry for his actions and only acted out badly when he was punished.  Meanwhile, Binky does a lot of bad things in this book, but he is never sorry about the things that he has done and he continues to misbehave towards the Funnybunny family throughout the book.  So, basically the book is trying to say that there is a difference between a child doing bad things by accident versus doing bad things on purpose?  I am not sure what the book is trying to save about children misbehaving here.  If you know what this book is trying to say about badly behaving children, then please feel free to tell me down below.


Overall, “The Very Bad Bunny” is a fun and cute little book about tackling the subject of children behaving badly and I would definitely recommend this book to fans of the “P.J. Funnybunny” series!  I would recommend this book to children ages five and up since the message in this book might confuse some children.



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