"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. 3-7) - Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. The text overcomes any small flaws with its mood, and its appeal to the sensibilities of a tender age. Craig tempers comic scenes with dramatic ones: Exaggerated elements, such as the overabundance of apples on a tree and the improbable number of fawns in a ``family of deer,'' contrast with a thunderstorm. His quest takes him through many experiences and locales, such as a daisy field where ``in all that whiteness of daisies there was no whiteness of bunnies like himself,'' and a snowy stretch where ``his footprints never crossed other bunny footprints.'' The rabbit's melancholy is built up expertly in the text, but slightly offset by the presence in the illustrations of a perky little mouse accompanying the rabbit on his search, which eventually leads to a joyous union with a bunny in a pink print dress. Thinking Easter is a place east of where he is, he sets out to find it, dressed in a vest and looking dapper. He asks help from an owl but is told only that there are always rabbits at Easter. A sleepy bunny wakes alone in the woods, wanting the company of other rabbits. (Feb.A rite of spring is glorified again in a newly illustrated edition of an old-fashioned, childlike book that was first published in 1959. His search takes him through summer, fall, and winter, but only in spring does.
Snuggling with his brood, ""The bunny's heart throbbed with happiness at this wonderful earthsmelling sunlit bunny-filled world."" Like the endearing protagonist, Zolotow's unabashedly sweet, endearing tale of new life finds its match with Craig's gentle landscapes and cuddly characters. A lonely bunny goes hunting for Easter where he hopes to find other bunnies. In the spirit of a true quest, both travelers are rewarded for their journey: each ends up with a loving mate-and seven offspring. The Bunny Who Found Easter by Charlotte Zolotow () on. Equally gratifying are Craig's renderings of the antics of a diminutive mouse who trails and apes the wandering bunny. Youngsters will be tickled by this misunderstanding and will enjoy having a leg up on the long-eared fellow. When a sleepy owl tells the solo bunny that ""there are always rabbits at Easter,"" he attempts to hunt the place down. Combining full-page spreads with smaller panels and spots, her ink, watercolor and colored-pencil art draws from a sumptuous palette of Easter egg colors that reaches full bloom at tale's end, when spring finally catches up to the lonely bunny in search of companionship.
First published nearly 40 years ago, Zolotow's ingenuous paean to spring, a time ""when everything lovely begins once again,"" indeed feels reborn with Craig's (Angelina Ballerina) winsome illustrations.
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