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You Need to Read: Runaway Bunny

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Happy Valentine's Day, Runaway Bunny! No one loves you more than your mother does. We all know that because we've been reading Margaret Wise Brown's The Runaway Bunny since 1942! Here are some recent picture books to read together, so she can tell you again how much you mean to her. 

I'll Love You Till The Crocodiles Smile
Written by Kathryn Cristaldi
Illustrated by Kristyna Litten
New York: HarperCollins, 2024. Picture Book. 

Funny, sweet rhymes describe playfully impossible scenarios. Cute animals with cartoony eyes engage in fanciful occupations and hobbies. Softly colored pages have lots of details to giggle about together. It all adds up to this, Little Bunny, your mother loves you unconditionally.

Written by Clare Helen Welsh
Illustrated by Kevin & Kristen Howdeshell
Lincoln, MA: Nosy Crow, 2024. Picture Book.

I Love You More echoes the kind of one-upping you and your mother rabbit are famous for. Lovely, glowing illustrations show a whole world of animal parents and babies doing what they do best, and ultimately a mother doing what she does best, too --adoring her child. It's a warm, lyrical, and reassuring picture book perfect for bedtime.

By Amy Schwartz
New York: Beach Lane Books, 2024. Picture Book. 

Sweet and snug, with a perfect balance of what is mundane and whimsical about life with a young child, this picture book is my personal favorite from this listicle. You and your mother can count together, and point and talk about the familiar moments you see. And like Margaret Wise Brown's masterpiece, this one ends with a snack!

Written by Emma Straub
Illustrated by Stevie Lewis
New York: Rocky Pond Books, 2025. Picture Book.

So cozy, so understated, so simple. This book is perfect for when you decide there's no use in trying to run away --your mother will always love you. So just hunker down and snuggle up with your Mama, Little Bunny!
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