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A review by mat_tobin
Battle Bunny by Jon Scieszka, Mac Barnett
5.0
Recommended by someone on Twitter and having already found myself a huge Scieszka fan after [b:The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales|407429|The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales|Jon Scieszka|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1429385524s/407429.jpg|1814587], I loved this book from the very first page onwards (or even the front cover) for the very clever play it does with form and style.
Originally a book meant for a young boy as a birthday present, it finds its schmaltzy, sickening narrative completely defaced by the owner in which Birthday Bunny becomes Battle Bunny and undergoes a series of deadly escapades in order to overthrow the stock characters of the book. Equally enjoyable is the idea of celebrating the breaking of the rule of writing/rubbing out/destroying of books. Definitely one for reluctant readers who might like to see that books are not always what they are seen as being.
Originally a book meant for a young boy as a birthday present, it finds its schmaltzy, sickening narrative completely defaced by the owner in which Birthday Bunny becomes Battle Bunny and undergoes a series of deadly escapades in order to overthrow the stock characters of the book. Equally enjoyable is the idea of celebrating the breaking of the rule of writing/rubbing out/destroying of books. Definitely one for reluctant readers who might like to see that books are not always what they are seen as being.