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Overview

Mini Rabbit is prepared to travel far and wide when he and Mother Rabbit realize they've run out of berries for the cake they're baking. And really, it's all about cake.

Mini Rabbit and Mother Rabbit are just putting the finishing touches on a cake when they realize they're out of berries! But before Mother Rabbit can even open her mouth, the intrepid Mini Rabbit is out the door.

Must have cake, he repeats to himself, as he crosses oceans, climbs mountains, and treks through creepy forests, all the while keeping his eyes peeled for some delicious berries.

And as he travels further and further from home, Mini Rabbit insists to everyone who asks that he is not lost.

Or is he?

At least there's one thing that can lead Mini Rabbit back home no matter how far he roams...the alluring smell of cake.

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ISBN-13:	9780823443581
Publisher:	Holiday House
Publication date:	10/08/2019
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	1,113,502
Product dimensions:	10.50(w) x 10.60(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

John Bond is an illustrator, designer, and animator whose clients have included Nickelodeon, Disney, MTV, Starbucks, and the BBC. He lives on the south coast of England.

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09/09/2019
Jaunty digital artwork by newcomer Bond introduces Mini Rabbit and Mother Rabbit as they set out to make a cake; they’re compact, stylized black figures with slender snouts and enormous, unblinking eyes. As Mother Rabbit discovers that they’re out of berries, Mini Rabbit’s ears wilt. “I’ll find berries,” the little rabbit resolves. “Must have cake.” Off the child dashes, a tiny figure wearing a red knapsack sprinting across long, horizontal panels that make note of the distance covered. Mini Rabbit chants while running through a meadow (“Cake! Cake! Cake!”), ears alone visible above long grass. Landscapes change and adult animals kindly check in, but nothing stops Mini Rabbit from rowing across the sea to a lighthouse, scaling a mountain in a blizzard, and rappelling from a precipice. After the young bunny finds a single berry in a dark cave, a wonderful smell beckons him homeward. Everybody knows someone like Mini Rabbit, who forges ahead with wild optimism, oblivious to the sinking likelihood of success, and Bond’s debut wittily explores this attribute alongside the mismatch between Mini Rabbit’s quotidian desire for pastry and his momentous, world-spanning trek. Ages 3–7. (Oct.)

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"Throughout his varied, vibrant, textured art, Bond offers a plethora of visual jokes and intriguing details . . . repeated readings will likely enthusiastically be called for. . . as will cake."—The Horn Book

"Charming and whimsical—sure to bring smiles to readers' faces."—Kirkus Reviews

"Jaunty digital artwork by newcomer Bond introduces Mini Rabbit and Mother Rabbit as they set out to make a cake . . . Everybody knows someone like Mini Rabbit, who forges ahead with wild optimism, oblivious to the sinking likelihood of success, and Bond’s debut wittily explores this attribute alongside the mismatch between Mini Rabbit’s quotidian desire for pastry and his momentous, world-spanning trek."—Publishers Weekly

"Brushstrokes on canvas depict the landscapes Mini Rabbit traverses, including forests in interesting variant colors such as purples and oranges; panels convey distance and movement in quick snapshots that make viewers feel the haste of Mini Rabbit’s speedy search. Mini Rabbit’s terse, fragmented statements will be easy for children to read on their own . . . Viewers with a sweet tooth will likely understand Mini Rabbit’s eagerness."—The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"Observant readers will notice that small black birds appear throughout the story, carrying the red berries that actually grow at the base of Mini Rabbit’s home. . . All's well that ends well, though Mini Rabbit’s response to his mother’s offer of berry cake turns the tale topsy turvy."— Booklist

From the Publisher

2019-08-12
Mini Rabbit and Mother Rabbit are making cake, but they've run out of berries. "No berries, no cake." "No cake? No way!"
With single-minded determination, Mini Rabbit sets out, clad in a striped shirt and equipped with a jaunty orange backpack—and immediately fails to notice a bush full of berries growing just under their treehouse home. The movement-filled compositions show Mini Rabbit crossing fields and forests, arriving at a lighthouse, climbing a mountain in a snowstorm, and going over a cliff, where persistence is rewarded with one berry, all the while chanting, "Cake! Cake! Cake! I can find berries." Thinking the tot's lost, creatures all along the way offer to help, but Mini Rabbit politely declines their offers. It is only when the search leads deep into a cave that Mini Rabbit feels lost—backpack, berry, and big round eyes stand out clearly while black fur blends with the blackness of the cave. Just then, a smell beckons, "Caaaaake!" Retracing the route, Mini Rabbit makes it back home with that one berry, where Mother Rabbit greets her adventurer with a berry cake, of course! But as many a fickle youngster will, Mini Rabbit has moved on: "Can I have some ice cream? I LOVE ice cream."
Charming and whimsical—sure to bring smiles to readers' faces. (Picture book. 3-6)

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