Bound To Stay Bound

Booklist - 12/15/2021 In a hilarious parable about the danger of making assumptions, the arrival of a toothy and delighted-looking wolf on the outskirts of Bunnyville (“Land of a Thousand Bunnies!”) sparks frantic efforts by one long-eared resident to deny that there are really any bunnies to be had. In the wake of unconvincing efforts to persuade the silent visitor that these furry creatures are really dogs, those just squishy pillows are for napping on, and the marching band passing by is “definitely not a bunny parade,” it turns out that the wolf is a bunny-lover of a much more benign sort than supposed: a lonely animal looking for a friend and an official member of the “Bunny Fan Club.” Readers raised on Jon Scieszka’s The True Story of the Three Little Pigs or Toby Forward’s The Wolf’s Story (2005) may be justly skeptical, but in this case the oft-maligned predator is apparently sincere and, in a final pileup, receives an exuberant welcome. Take that, hardened cynics. - Copyright 2021 Booklist.