The Runaway Bunny
by Margaret Wise Brown · first published 1942
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A little rabbit who wants to run away tells his mother how he will escape, but she is always right behind him.
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- Good Night, Moon - The Runaway Bunny - Harold and the Purple Crayon - Grandfather Twilight (for slightly older children) - Sandra Boynton books - Max's Breakfast (and other books) - I Read Signs (Tana Hoban; other books by her also…
on “Ask HN: What are your favorite toddler books?” ↗I am pretty sure the rabbit fishing is a reference to "The Runaway Bunny", another one of her books.
on “The Radical Woman Behind “Goodnight Moon”” ↗…"closure" while not introducing anything new. Everything has been properly bidden (bade?) farewell and has been put away; the child can rest easy knowing it's all accounted for. - The book ties into Runaway Bunny, and I think there's a third book too, which gives the child the nice idea that there's a universe inside the book that other books can also peek into. It's been a staple for all my kids and I'm sure…
on “One Librarian Tried to Squash Goodnight Moon” ↗That’s correct. It’s an image from “The Runaway Bunny”. The story has the baby rabbit changing shape to get away from the mother, and the mother changing shape to attract/get the baby rabbit. It sounds a bit violent in description, but it’s not when you…
on “The Radical Woman Behind “Goodnight Moon”” ↗This post made me look through the pages of Goodnight Moon, and I noticed that on top of the bookshelf on the left side of the room is a book titled The Runaway Bunny. All of the other books on the shelf have scribbled lines on their covers. Another somewhat interesting find is that on the nightstand next to the bed sits another book with a discernible title: Goodnight…
on “The Radical Woman Behind “Goodnight Moon”” ↗