A review by janeneal
Mr. and Mrs. Bunny — Detectives Extraordinaire! by Sophie Blackall, Polly Horvath

I assumed this book would be a bit silly but fun, like a more lighthearted Beatrix Potter. Instead, I found it beyond frustrating, mostly because of the kind of humor it utilized. There were so many times that Mr. Bunny yelled about Madeline's ENORMOUS BOTTOM.

Butts are funny, I'm not denying that but how about children's books refrain from using the size of a girl's butt as the punchline of a not very original joke. Like, seriously. I'm so fucking sick of the insidious ways the shaming women and girls for how they look or their size just oozes into literally everything.

Beyond that, I found Madeline's parents impossible. They were such annoying hippie caricatures and I'm just not in the mood for the liberal-parents-don't-know-how-to-parent-bullshit, intentional or not.

I wouldn't recommend this for parents or kids. Pick up some Beatrix Potter instead.