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What Does Bunny See?: A Book of Colors and Flowers
Red poppies, yellow primroses, purple violets, and other colorful flowers bloom and grow in this delightful picture book by Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park—the perfect tool for learning colors and flowers! “Lots of books teach children to recognize colors, but this one also provides a lesson in flower identification. . . . The funny little bunny makes an amusing counterpoint to the lush flowers.” — Booklist “An attractive and effective concept book.” — School Library Journal Young readers will be charmed as they explore a garden with Bunny, finding flowers of every color. Colorful blossoms bloom and grow in this delightful and cheery picture book by Newbery Medalist and bestselling author Linda Sue Park. It's the perfect book for teaching young readers colors and flowers.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published March 28, 2005
About the author
Linda Sue Park
60 books1,089 followersLinda Sue Park is a Korean American author of children's fiction. Park published her first novel, Seesaw Girl, in 1999. To date, she has written six children’s novels and five picture books for younger readers. Park’s work achieved prominence when she received the prestigious 2002 Newbery Medal for her novel A Single Shard.
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July 19, 2016
Adorable, despite the fact that the bunny is badly drawn; the flower and plant illustrations are excellent. For each color, we get one 2 page spread with a rhyme about what does bunny see, followed by another 2 page spread with flowers of a particular color. Each set of pages has enough details (insects, other flowers) to make it good for a reader/child detail identification, and of course there's always 'spot the bunny.' My bunny-loving preschool boy enjoyed it.
September 18, 2014
The book What Does Bunny See? Is a great book for young students. I feel like this book keeps the attention of young children because they are able to most likely predict what will be coming next. The book is about a bunny who traveling through a garden path and discovers different things each time. In this case the bunny is discovering different kinds of flowers as well as the color of the flowers. The colors is what makes this book a concept book, the children are able to learn the concepts of colors the bunny was sees in the next garden. This book also teaches the concept of rhyming because there is rhyming on almost each page. Not only is the concept of this book cute, but so are the illustrations. Maggie Smith does a great job with the color and detail of the pictures in this book. The pictures are very detailed and lively. The colors are so vivid it captures anyone's attention who might be reading. Another thing I really love about the illustrations in this book is the fact that they take up the whole page or both pages of the book. For children their main focus will be able the pictures in the book helping them to better understand the book, so having these great illustrations in the books is really great! I love that the bunny appears in each page and that the bunny is kind of hidden. It makes for a good read aloud because the students are able to kind of look closely at the pictures in order to find out where the bunny is. This book would be good for very young students, this book could also work well for predictability.
May 16, 2012
I thought the rhyming was forced and found it hard to read this book out loud the first time. Once I knew the words, though, we had a lot of fun. Illustrations are cheerful, and it's set up well for a child to shout out the colors and participate.
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January 17, 2017This is a good book for guessing colors with a nice rhythm to each stanza.
March 21, 2017
An adorable book. My daughter and i enjoyed it very much....
March 6, 2018
First sentence: In a cottage garden flowers in their beds Bunny hopping down the path what she sees is--red! Blushing scarlet poppies bloom just above her head. In a cottage garden past the pussy willow Bunny nibbles tender shoots what she sees is--
Premise/plot: This picture book newly reprinted in paperback format is a concept book teaching colors and flowers. It is also a fun way to celebrate spring with little ones.
My thoughts: When I received this one in the mail, I was skeptical. I knew Linda Sue Park was a good author. I've read a few of her novels. But every year there are paperback books published celebrating spring or Easter or the like with text that is mostly, always forgettable. But I ended up LOVING this one. Yes, I used the word love.
I enjoyed the illustrations most of all. I absolutely LOVE the illustrations by Maggie Smith. The text itself is pleasant and enjoyable. It's a rhyming book, a predictable book, a repetitive book. Except for the last spread, each one begins "In a cottage garden...."
Text: 3.5 out of 5
Illustrations: 4.5 out of 5
Total: 8 out of 10
Premise/plot: This picture book newly reprinted in paperback format is a concept book teaching colors and flowers. It is also a fun way to celebrate spring with little ones.
My thoughts: When I received this one in the mail, I was skeptical. I knew Linda Sue Park was a good author. I've read a few of her novels. But every year there are paperback books published celebrating spring or Easter or the like with text that is mostly, always forgettable. But I ended up LOVING this one. Yes, I used the word love.
I enjoyed the illustrations most of all. I absolutely LOVE the illustrations by Maggie Smith. The text itself is pleasant and enjoyable. It's a rhyming book, a predictable book, a repetitive book. Except for the last spread, each one begins "In a cottage garden...."
Text: 3.5 out of 5
Illustrations: 4.5 out of 5
Total: 8 out of 10
April 18, 2018
Park, Linda Sue What Does Bunny See? illustrated by Maggie Smith. PICTURE BOOK. Clarion (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), 2005. $7. 9781328886118.
In a cottage garden, bunny is learning about colors and flowers. She sees all the colors of the rainbow on her walk.
This beautifully illustrated picture book teaches children not only colors, but flower names in a fun rhyming pattern. It is an easy reader where each section begins with “in a cottage garden”. An enjoyable read for both child and parent.
Pre K, EL (K-3) - ESSENTIAL. MOMMAC
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In a cottage garden, bunny is learning about colors and flowers. She sees all the colors of the rainbow on her walk.
This beautifully illustrated picture book teaches children not only colors, but flower names in a fun rhyming pattern. It is an easy reader where each section begins with “in a cottage garden”. An enjoyable read for both child and parent.
Pre K, EL (K-3) - ESSENTIAL. MOMMAC
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August 6, 2020
Cute. You could make this book a guessing game. On the page before the colour is announced there is a word that rhymes it. Kids could guess the colour.
March 22, 2017
Bunny is adorable. The illustrations are soft, full page spreads. The text is repetitive with pages that foreshadow what bunny sees next. The rhyming text makes it easier for the child to predict. And did I mention that bunny is adorable?
March 22, 2017
Good for storytime. Use felt flowers to emphasize the colors of the flowers in the book.
May 19, 2014
Bunny goes around the garden and sees a rainbow of different flowers and plants.
A fun interactive book to share. Each large paragraph leads to guessing the next color. (Not easy for little ones to grasp, but they can still shout out the color when the page is turned. I added "bunny hops" between pages for additional movement - the kids made a bunny ears with their hands and hopped a few times between pages.
Theme: flowers
Additional themes: rabbits, gardens, colors
Reviewed from a library copy.
A fun interactive book to share. Each large paragraph leads to guessing the next color. (Not easy for little ones to grasp, but they can still shout out the color when the page is turned. I added "bunny hops" between pages for additional movement - the kids made a bunny ears with their hands and hopped a few times between pages.
Theme: flowers
Additional themes: rabbits, gardens, colors
Reviewed from a library copy.
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April 21, 2009The pictures in this book are so colorful and cheerful. I loved how each color is represented by a different flower/plant of that color. It made be feel very happy when I read it. Great way to teach about colors as well as types of flowers/plants. It'd be fun to read outdoors during a spring day and to take a little trip to a greenhouse or just a park looking for some of the plants mentioned in the book.
April 8, 2017
This is an entertaining rhyming tale about colors. I would recommend this for younger children, although our girls didn't complain too much when we read it together on my iPad.
The narrative is short and the rhyming words provide clues for each color, so parents can encourage children to predict which one comes next. The illustrations are very colorful and cartoonish; the bunny is adorable. We enjoyed reading this book together.
The narrative is short and the rhyming words provide clues for each color, so parents can encourage children to predict which one comes next. The illustrations are very colorful and cartoonish; the bunny is adorable. We enjoyed reading this book together.
January 21, 2014
When your rhyme scheme involves rhyming the names of all the colors, eventually you're going to get to orange and things are gonna be awkward. Also the lines about green say: "In a cottage garden/ears and whiskers clean/bunny finds a patch of lawn/What she sees is green!/Grass is growing lushly/with clover in between" and I can't with that adverb. So the text leaves a lot to be desired and the pictures don't make up for it.
September 11, 2014
A rabbit wanders through the various flowers and colors of a cottage garden. www.hcpl.net
Subjects
Color -- Juvenile fiction
Flowers -- Juvenile fiction.
Rabbits -- Juvenile fiction
Gardens -- Juvenile fiction.
Rhyme -- Juvenile fiction
Note: This book could work for the afternoon toddler group.
Subjects
Color -- Juvenile fiction
Flowers -- Juvenile fiction.
Rabbits -- Juvenile fiction
Gardens -- Juvenile fiction.
Rhyme -- Juvenile fiction
Note: This book could work for the afternoon toddler group.
March 3, 2016
The kids can tell you what color the flowers are, but many find it hard to guess the color before you turn the page. It was a 4 star flannel board. I made flowers of different colors and had the kids hop to bring them up when I called out their color.
For my lapsit ST on 3/3/16, I gave them pompoms for flowers. That worked fantastically!
For my lapsit ST on 3/3/16, I gave them pompoms for flowers. That worked fantastically!
March 14, 2010
This book gives kids the chance to learn about colors and flowers. They find out what each flower is, but also what color that flower is. The book also has a format that allows kids to guess what the next color will be because the lines rhyme. Also the bunny is really cute :-)
Ages 2-6
Ages 2-6
June 11, 2012
Nice, distinct illustrations of each flower, with rich colors. Ladybugs, snails, grasshoppers, bees to find on every spread. Bonus points for an elegant solution to the problem of no rhyming word for orange. Might be a fun flannel board, with the different flowers and colors.
March 19, 2014
Used this for my Springtime storytime. I love the poetic text and beautiful illustrations, but it was a little hard for toddlers to guess the colors of the flowers because of the other "competing" colors on each page. Maybe I'll try it with preschool.
April 25, 2014
This is pretty simple and fast. The illustrations are nice and the bunny is cute. My 5-yr-old liked it and could sometimes guess the color that was coming by listening to the rhyme. There were two rhymes per page, so I was able to add that instructional dimension to our read.
May 27, 2014
A rhyming tour of the colors of the garden flowers with a cute bunny as guide.
The format of the book (i.e. same leading sentence, turn page for reveal of color) makes for a good read aloud with the youngest listeners (toddlers/prek).
The format of the book (i.e. same leading sentence, turn page for reveal of color) makes for a good read aloud with the youngest listeners (toddlers/prek).
January 10, 2011
Cute picture book with rhymes and colors, my only complaint is that burble does not really rhyme with purple. This would be fun for a garden storytime.
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June 19, 2008A bunny finds various flowers and colors throughout the day. a Great colorful and cute book on colors and flowers.
Illustrator: Maggie Smith
Illustrator: Maggie Smith
April 22, 2009
Concept: In this book, the bolors are shown with differenet plants. This is a patternbook.
March 7, 2017
There are so many things to see in the colorful garden! Sweet book with cute illustrations!
May 6, 2010
Very cute. Maybe for Spring?
Prolly not for storytime though.
Prolly not for storytime though.
July 28, 2010
I like this book because it is big on colors. Through the use of this book, children will be able to learn and identify their colors more easily as well as different types of flowers.
June 24, 2011
Used for a flower theme. Would also work for colors, bunnies or gardens.
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September 1, 2011Great beginning color book. Book has lots of flower names can be used for spring unit. Also, color review.
May 4, 2012
In this book bunny sees Red, Yellow, Purple, Green, Pink, Orange, and Blue flowers.
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