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“Charming. With smile-inducing illustrations, this story about a cat and bunny becoming best friends is perfect for a snuggle session with your little one.” — Brightly
From the Back Cover
A bunny’s a delightful habit, No home’s complete without a rabbit.
Oliver is a tabby cat who is always the center of attention. Marshmallow is a baby rabbit who moves into Oliver’s home. At first Oliver does not welcome Marshmallow, but the little bunny’s charms are impossible to resist. This is the true story of how Oliver and Marshmallow become friends.
About the Author
Clare Turlay Newberry (1903-1970) was born in Eugene, Oregon. She studied art at the University of Oregon, School of the Portland Art Museum, the California School of Fine Arts, and La Grand Chaumière in Paris, France. She received the Caldecott Honor for four of her books: T-Bone, The Baby Sitter (1951); Marshmallow (1943); April’s Kittens (1941); and Barkis (1939).
In Ms. Newberry’s own words, “Every word of marshmallow is true, even to the drawing of them wrapped in each other’s arms. I know people find this hard to believe, but the bunny was so little and was so convinced that Oliver was his mother, what could Oliver do but be his mother the best way he could?”
A beautiful classic picture book story about an unusual friendship between a bunny and a cat.
Oliver is a tabby cat who is always the center of attention.
Marshmallow is a baby rabbit who moves into Oliver’s home.
At first Oliver does not welcome Marshmallow, but the little bunny’s charms are impossible to resist. This is the true story of how Oliver and Marshmallow become friends.
Clare Turlay Newberry’s lifelong passions for cats and for drawing come together in this elegantly illustrated book, winner of the 1943 Caldecott Honor.
Heather O’Kelley –
Cute story
Cute story
Amazon Customer –
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Amazon Customer –
Looks like it was used not new didn’t like this
Product looks used not new
SeattleBookMama –
Perfect Sugarless Easter Treat
This one is a classic, and I bought a copy for my grandson because Easter is coming, and we aren’t doing chocolate. He is too young to enjoy it yet, but the perfect ages for beautiful picture books are so few–starting at about age 3 and ending around 6 or 7 years of age–that I am ready for a head start.The story involves a bunny that comes to live in the same home as a cat. The family keeps them apart at first, but gradually they become friends, and it is adorable. The illustrations are not the big, colorful, page-covering displays that we find in a lot of today’s children’s books; this one is old school, with spare, simple, but endearing art work. In some ways this makes it easier for the child, who won’t be overstimulated, and will know exactly what part of the picture to look at.The book itself is full size. I only mention this because I bought another hard cover picture book, another classic that set me back more than this one did, and it had been shrunken down to the size of a paperback book. Yes, they tell us the dimensions, but with a child’s hardcover book that I’ve seen before, I don’t always check, and maybe you don’t either.The only downside to this lovely book, as you might imagine, is the one I encountered when I bought it for my own children many years ago: if you have a bunny already, your child will ask for a cat. Well of course they will. If you have a cat already, they will ask for a bunny. I don’t know what happens if you have neither, because we always had one or the other, but dear heaven, not both.
Kindle Customer –
So sweet for a sweet little granddaughter.
I saw this book and knew it would be delightful for a little girl.