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A Is for Another Rabbit

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Review run date was set for 28 April 2020 for Netgalley, unfortunately life stood at a standstill as I finished the final semester and three subjects of my studies. On 28 March 2021 I was set to write the review and my health became an emotional roller coaster so here I am today 04 October 2021 going to write my review will be post on my blog, Facebook blog, Amazon.com.au, goodreads, kobo, googlebooks and iBooks.
A great little book for children who love to read about rabbits who love to play with musical instruments in different sceneries.
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I received a complimentary copy of this book from Lerner Publishing Group, Carolhoda Books via NetGalley. The opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own thoughts, feelings and viewpoints of the book.
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This book is hilarious and I am so happy that I was able to read a copy of it. Alphabet books are a hit in my classroom, but this one more so because of the content of the book.

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The owl who is the main character of this book just wants to be in a proper, respectable alphabet book, but the unseen narrator is having none of that- this alphabet book is all about rabbits! Every kind of rabbit you can imagine is here, and the illustrations showing them all are wonderful- colorful, filled with fun detail, entertaining for kids and adults alike (personal favorites are the rabbit piloting a rabbit mecha, a Freddie Mercury rabbit, and a "Where's Waldo?" rabbit). The poor owl objects to all this, and the narrator "tries" to be good, but the rabbits just keep coming. There's lots of fun vocabulary words to describe the rabbits, making this a perfect read-aloud book. I really enjoyed this one!

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This book is so much fun. If you love rabbits, you will love this book. The wise owl wants to teach us about the alphabet using a traditional alphabet book. Rabbit has other ideas. Who knew you could write a whole alphabet book using words for rabbits or character and descriptive traits. This book had my grandson in stitches. He did not know what all the vocabulary meant, but we waited until we reread it to discuss that. The first time through he just listened and looked at the illustrations. The vocabulary in this book was exceptional. So many great descriptive words to teach for use in conversation or future writing. The illustrations were wonderful. So many rabbits of different sizes, types and colours, many doing amazing things. I wish I had this book when I was teaching my students about writing stories and making books. So many traditional alphabet books crossed my desk, this would have awakened their imagination. This is definitely a book for any school and public libraries, especially to use as a mentor text.

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We've seen a trend recent years of alphabet books that do their best to be more. Some are informative. Others, like this one, use humor. This one uses a single object, rabbits, to illustrate every letter. Sometimes this is in the form of a sentence like "Can you believe how many rabbits are on this page". Other times it's through trickery, like disguising the rabbits as something else. It's not a story exactly but there's a lot of humor in the creative uses of rabbits and the increasingly exasperated owl. It's humor that will reach early elementary kids and the adults reading to them alike. And the illustrations are charming so it's also fun just to leaf through.

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This book had me laughing! Not what I would have expected from an alphabet book. Rabbits everywhere and a very unhappy owl! Who would have thought it would be such a great read! My girls loved it and had me read it again and again. Very well done and I would highly recommend this book for anyone who wants a unique way of reinforcing the alphabet with their preschooler.

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I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. This book is a fun way to explain and enforce the alphabet with kids.

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This is a funny take on an alphabet book. Rabbits everywhere and owl is not happy. It is such a fun way to introduce or reinforce the alphabet with children. Practice letters and counting with this silly rabbit book.

Thank you Netgalley for providing this book in exchange for this honest review.

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What a riotously humorous alphabet book about rabbits. The book starts off sedately with a distinguished owl in a rocking chair who tries desperately to keep the alphabet book on track. The other narrator is never identified directly but is assumably the author/illustrator who works rabbits into nearly every letter of the alphabet. Charming book. My younger students will love this one!

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A is for Another Rabbit is a funny picture book jam-packed with loads of mischievous rabbits. Owl is trying to write an alphabet book and then the rabbits get involved and make ALL the letters about rabbits. Owl gets more and more frustrated with these bunnies taking over.

This book made my 6 year old laugh. It was similar to Mo Willem's Pigeon books in that the owl reacts to the bunnies narrative/writing/takeover. So if your kid likes those sort of fun, silly reads, I recommend this one. Lots of great opportunity here for funny voices while reading aloud.

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I was finally able to get this download to work. My 5 year old grandson really enjoys this book, it makes him laugh out loud! The illustrations are excellent

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Think it’s impossible to write an alphabet book that focuses on rabbits? Owl thought so, too. But here it is! Rabbits, hares and kits (not kites) everywhere. Tall rabbits, short rabbits, a rabbit, bunnies, white rabbits / black rabbits / rabbits with spots. The art work is adorable and the book includes lots of descriptive words that will make up for the lack of cows, dogs, foxes, iguanas, rhinos, and water buffaloes. Children can also count the number of rabbits per page and work on their numbers. Be sure to look for the bunny slippers! B

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How do you spell fun? R-a-b-b-i-t! This is easily going to be one of my all time favorite abc books. It’s all about rabbits, but not in the way you think. The rabbits are pulling control fro. The wise owl. It’s awesome. A funny five star read.

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My kids and I both LOVED this book. It is by far one of my favorite ABC-style books I've ever read. The story is so cute, entertaining, and creative. The pictures are fantastic! This is a book I wouldn't mind reading to my kids again and again. I plan on buying this one to actually have in our kids library at home. Must read for young kids.

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A is for another Rabbit by Hannah Bateson. I could not get the kindle version of this book to work. I really liked the story I found it very cute. Would be a great book for people looking for books about rabbits 🐇 I loved all the colors in the pictures I found it hilarious at times. The next time I go see my grandchildren I will read it to them to see what they think. They are 11 and 12 so may be too old for the story. My eight year old grandson is in Minnesota right now. He is usually the one I read children’s stories too though soon I will have a new granddaughter I will read to. I would love to have the actual book and see all the colors.

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Who doesn't love funny and charmingly aggravating rabbits! This is not your traditional ABC book. Every letter is not highlighted in a big bold font and, as the story goes on it devolves into wascally wabbit chaos, the letters are used much more loosely. But, it is totally that kind of book.

Before you start to read be prepared to do voices - your kids will like it so much more! You need a fun freewheeling Lagomorph-loving rabbit voice and an uptight losing-it owl (as a parent you should be able to channel that one pretty easily).

What I loved about the book is that it is fun, does not take itself too seriously, and mixes in big words (like tenacious, rambunctious, and obstreperous). The art is great! Our poor owl, who is just trying to make a nice alphabet book, is a perfect foil to the copious amount of lighthearted rabbits. The only thing I did not love is the font that was used for the owl. Really not a big deal.

Overall, a fun book that would be fun to read again and again. Especially, if you love rabbits!

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By all accounts, <em>A is for Another Rabbit</em> by Hannah Batsel should have been an outrageously hilarious children's book about crazy rabbits taking over owl's alphabet. In a way, this book does sort of follow that theme. Unfortunately, it is not anything I would call hilarious and I do genuinely think that anyone reading it would have to work somewhat hard to have their children laughing.

My main reason for seeing this book as not-so-great is the fact that there are far too many words peppered throughout that a young child simply would not recognize or understand. Add in the fact that it bungles the purpose of an alphabet book by not <em>clearly</em> addressing each and every letter and this book was honestly kind of disappointing.

The artwork, however, was absolutely adorable. The rabbits that filled the pages were cute and funny at times, leaving me rather pleased with at least the look of the story. Owl was perfect as a character and the general idea behind the book was brilliant. It's just unfortunate that its execution was lacking.

<em>I was provided a free copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.</em>

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This children's book it hilarious. It is an alphabet book but it is like no other children's alphabet book that I have seen or read. The narrator takes over from the owl in the book and changes every letter of his normal alphabet book and makes it relate to rabbits in some way. There are rabbits, hares and bunnies all over this book and they are so adorable and playful.

The illustrations are bright and bold but detailed to show all the rabbits and the fun they are having. There are some great vocabulary words throughout the book as the narrator describes how the rabbits are acting.

The owl is so upset about the situation and trying to get things back on track but the number of rabbits keeps growing and taking back over.

I think that both parents and kids will really enjoy this book, it is energetic and vibrant.

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This charmingly chaotic abc book, follows an owl who just wants a good, normal, straightforward alphabet book, but is instead disrupted by rabbits at every turn. Batsel creatively comes up with rabbit themes for each letter, to hilarious results, and her beautiful, fun and often dense artwork means that this is a book that you can return to again and again.

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This book is a great read aloud book. It's a fun and unexpected twist to the standard alphabet book. If you are wanting a book to teach your child letters this may not be the best choice, on most of the pages the letters are not predominately featured. A great night time story. The end of the book has a great rhyming flow that is a lot of fun to read. The illustrations are fun and out of the box, I haven't seen a book quite like this before.

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