Classic Tales Make Great Easter Gifts For Little Ones

(NAPSI)—This Easter parents, grandparents and friends can hop to it and give kids great books about bunnies, such as these sweet stories. 

Ten Little Rabbits

by Maurice Sendak

This magical picture book will encourage young readers to count from one to ten and back again. It’s from Maurice Sendak, the Caldecott Medal-winning creator of Where the Wild Things Are. Sendak’s legacy continues with Ten Little Rabbits, a playful counting extravaganza for the youngest child. Here is a small reader’s introduction to the magic of Sendak’s books—a journey that can continue for many years to come.

The Runaway Bunny

by Margaret Wise Brown

illustrated by Clement Hurd

The Runaway Bunny by the beloved children’s book author of Goodnight Moon, comes in a sturdy board book edition, designed for little hands.

A little bunny keeps running away from his mother in this imaginary game of hide-and-seek. But she says: “If you run away, I will run after you. For you are my little bunny.” And she does.

Children will be profoundly comforted by this lovingly steadfast mother who finds her child every time.

First published in 1942, this classic has never been out of print. Generations of readers have fallen in love with the gentle magic of its reassuring words and loving pictures. 

Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook

by Shel Silverstein

From the legendary creator of Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, and The Giving Tree comes an unforgettable character in children’s literature: Runny Babbit.

Runny Babbit is Shel Silverstein’s hilarious and New York Times-bestselling book of spoonerisms—words or phrases with letters or syllables swapped: “bunny rabbit” becomes “runny babbit.”

Welcome to the world of Runny Babbit and his friends Toe Jurtle, Skertie Gunk, Rirty Dat, Dungry Hog, Snerry Jake, and many others who speak a topsy-turvy language all their own.

So if you say, “Let’s bead a rook

That’s billy as can se,”

You’re talkin’ Runny Babbit talk

Just like mim and he.

Runny Babbit Returns: Another Billy Sook

by Shel Silverstein

Runny Babbit Returns, a collection of 41 never-before-published poems and drawings, features Runny and other woodland characters who speak a topsy-turvy language all their own.

This carefully compiled work from the Silverstein archives is filled with spoonerism poems that are both playful and poignant. With tongue-twisting wordplay and uproarious characters, the endearingly befuddled Runny Babbit and his friends embody Silverstein’s singular style. 

Fans of all ages won’t want to miss their chance to follow their favorite Runny in this New York Times bestseller of laugh-out-loud adventures.

Learn More

For more information and to order the books, visit www.HarperCollins.com.

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