Books like Home for a Bunny
By Margaret Wise Brown
For the small explorer who's always asking where things belong, this one follows a bunny on the same kind of quest. Gentle, springlike, unhurried.
A bird gathers everything she needs to build a nest — pulling a worm from the ground, lifting twigs that are just the right size, pushing them into place — until her nest is finally ready and waiting.
A mother in Thailand moves quietly through the house, hushing a lizard, a monkey, a water buffalo, and other creatures one by one so her sleeping baby won't wake.
A day in the life of family and friends unfolds from morning to night, moving from a tiny shell on the beach to the wide, darkening sunset sky.
A gentle bedtime prayer walks through a child's everyday world — home, family, pets, and familiar rooms — giving thanks for each small, comforting thing before sleep.
An old bear settles into his cave for winter sleep and dreams he's a cub again, wandering through summer, fall, winter, and spring before waking to a world as beautiful as his dream.
A little bunny named Nicholas lives in a hollow tree and shows what he loves best about each season, from picking spring flowers to curling up for a winter's sleep.
A curious cub spends a day exploring the forest with his mama, noticing green leaves, blue jays, and brown trout along the way, until he finds a patch of red strawberries.
A gentle, repeating question moves through the animal world — from kangaroos to lions to dolphins — showing every baby, a joey, a cub, a calf, has a mother who loves it.
A little bunny, tucked into bed in a great green room, says goodnight one by one to everything around him — the moon, the clocks, the mittens, the kittens — until sleep comes.
A independent dog named Crispin's Crispian, who belongs to himself and answers to no one, runs bang into a little boy who also belongs to himself — and the two decide to share a home.
A boy named Eli grows up on his grandparents' farm, learning to love the barn, the fields, and the river that surround him — then shares those same places with his baby sister, Sylvie.
When a crocodile egg rolls into her nest, Mother Duck simply hatches it with the rest and raises the little crocodile as one of her own ducklings.
