Bunny and the Beast

         Picture Book # 13
    
         AUTHOR:  Molly Coxe

         ILLUSTRATOR:  Pamela Silin-Palmer

         GENRE: Picture Story Book Fiction

         SUB GENRE:  Fairy Tales

         THEME: Love

          PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CHARACTERS: 

          Bunny and the Beast

DATE OF PUBLICATION AND PUBLISHER: 

 2001 by Random House

SUMMARY:  This book is a spin off of Beauty and the Beast.  The Illustrations are whimsical and beautiful.  As the jacket of the book states, it is “a truly sumptuous picture book.”  A rabbit merchant has three daughters, Thistle, Thorna and Bunny.  The father experiences a round of bad luck and through a twist of fate has to bow to the wishes of the Bull Terrier Beast!

HOW WOULD YOU USE THIS BOOK AS A TEACHER: 

This is a perfect read aloud book.  I would read it to my students for pleasure.