The Runaway Bunny, Board Book, By: Margaret Wise Brown

The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown, beloved children's book author of Goodnight Moon, in a sturdy board book edition, perfect for little hands "If you run away, " said his mother, "I will run after you. For you are my little bunny. A little bunny keeps running away from his mother in this imaginary game of hide-and-seek. Children will be profoundly comforted by this lovingly steadfast mother who finds her child every time. The Runaway Bunny, first published in 1942 and never out of print, has indeed become a classic. Generations of readers have fallen in love with the gentle magic of its reassuring words and loving pictures. The sturdy board book pages make this edition of the beloved story perfect for babies and toddlers. About Author Margaret Wise Brown, cherished for her unique ability to convey a child's experience and perspective of the world, transformed the landscape of children's literature with such beloved classics as Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny. Other perennial favourites by Ms Brown include My World; Christmas in the Barn; The Dead Bird; North, South, East, West; and Good Day, Good Night. Clement Hurd (1908-1988) is best known for illustrating Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny, the classic picture books by Margaret Wise Brown. He studied painting in Paris with Fernand Leger and others in the early 1930s. After his return to the United States in 1935, he began to work in children's books. He illustrated more than one hundred books, many of them with his wife, Edith Thatcher Hurd, including the Johnny Lion books, The Day the Sun Danced, and The Merry Chase. A native of New York City, he lived most of his life in Vermont and California. Clement Hurd (1908-1988) graduated from Yale University. He studied painting in Paris in the 1930s with Fernand Leger, among others. It was there that he developed his characteristic style, made up of strongly contrasting colours. Hurd was married to the writer Edith Thatcher Hurd, with whom he also created many books that became children's favourites.