The Runaway Bunny
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The Runaway Bunny is a 1942 picture book written by Margaret Wise Brown
and illustrated by Clement Hurd
. The plot deals with a small rabbit, who wants to run away. His mother, however, tells him that "if you run away, I will run after you".
The book has been in print continuously since 1942.
This book is the first in Brown and Hurd's "classic series," which also includes Goodnight Moon
and My World. The picture of a cow jumping over the moon, which features prominently in Goodnight Moon
, first appeared in The Runaway Bunny. A copy of The Runaway Bunny appears in Goodnight Moon, as does the illustration of the mother fishing for the bunny child. The three books have been published together as a collection titled Over the Moon.
The closing line of the book, "'Have a carrot,' said the mother bunny," was added after Ursula Nordstrom
, the director of Harper's Department of Books for Boys and Girls, told Brown that the ending needed work. The line was cabled in to Harper's from Maine, where Brown was on vacation. There have been two different final illustrations for this book.
Margaret Wise Brown
Margaret Wise Brown was a prolific American author of children's literature, including the books Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny, both illustrated by Clement Hurd.-Biography:...
and illustrated by Clement Hurd
Clement Hurd
Clement G. Hurd was an American illustrator of children's books. He is best known for his collaborations with author Margaret Wise Brown, including Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny...
. The plot deals with a small rabbit, who wants to run away. His mother, however, tells him that "if you run away, I will run after you".
The book has been in print continuously since 1942.
This book is the first in Brown and Hurd's "classic series," which also includes Goodnight Moon
Goodnight Moon
Goodnight Moon is an American children's book written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd. It was first published in 1947, and is a highly acclaimed example of a bedtime story. It is about a child saying goodnight to everything around: "Goodnight room. Goodnight moon. Goodnight...
and My World. The picture of a cow jumping over the moon, which features prominently in Goodnight Moon
Goodnight Moon
Goodnight Moon is an American children's book written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd. It was first published in 1947, and is a highly acclaimed example of a bedtime story. It is about a child saying goodnight to everything around: "Goodnight room. Goodnight moon. Goodnight...
, first appeared in The Runaway Bunny. A copy of The Runaway Bunny appears in Goodnight Moon, as does the illustration of the mother fishing for the bunny child. The three books have been published together as a collection titled Over the Moon.
The closing line of the book, "'Have a carrot,' said the mother bunny," was added after Ursula Nordstrom
Ursula Nordstrom
Ursula Nordstrom was publisher and editor in chief of juvenile books at Harper & Row from 1940 to 1973. She also authored the 1960 children's book The Secret Language...
, the director of Harper's Department of Books for Boys and Girls, told Brown that the ending needed work. The line was cabled in to Harper's from Maine, where Brown was on vacation. There have been two different final illustrations for this book.