  | Full Text Reviews: School Library Journal - 02/01/2013 PreS-K—A mother rabbit takes her baby for a walk in a buggy. The eventful trip begins early in the morning, and they pass a garden, shops, the train station, and a school yard. They stop for breakfast, mail a letter, visit someone in a hospital, and read a story outside a library. The rhyming text bounces along with an abundance of action words. Reidy's playfulness is somewhat similar to her style in Too Pickley! (2010) and Too Purpley! (2010, both Bloomsbury). Timmers's fun, double-page acrylics creatively illustrate the vocabulary: "Pancakes flipping," a fire hydrant "spraying," an ambulance "dashing," and the pictures have lots of humorous details for youngsters to spot, like a snake balancing a cupcake on its back and a giraffe skipping rope. This spirited picture book is as much fun to browse through as it is to read, and it could spark classroom discussions about neighborhoods and community workers.—Lynn Vanca, Freelance Librarian, Akron, OH - Copyright 2013 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission. Booklist - 03/15/2013 It’s a typical day out for a young bunny and his mummy as they go about their happy business, surrounded by the hustle and bustle of a lively town: Shopping, sacking, / sorting, stacking— / rows so nice and neat. / School bells ringing. / Reading, singing, / friends to meet and greet. Each full-page spread is a color-saturated cityscape depicting the boisterous activity of many diverse, anthropomorphized urbanites as they eat at a diner, catch a train, visit the post office, return library books, bring flowers to the hospital, and ride home on the bus. The words are fun and bouncy, while the paintings offer large-scale details to pore over. Classic and contemporary feeling, this echoes both Golden Books and Richard Scarry titles, and, as the rabbit family members run their errands, they pass everything from jump-roping giraffes to street-sweeping aardvarks and from food kiosks to cozy living rooms. The scenes could be interpreted as set anywhere from Manhattan to Meadow Lakes, Alaska, thereby making this relatable to a wide range of youngsters. - Copyright 2013 Booklist. Loading...
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