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According to a small girl, she and her cat Mr. Fluffernutter are best friends. The illustrations tell a different story as the cat, a solid square of stubbornness, becomes increasingly fed up. The highly decorative setting and page design (large black font, an extravagance of uppercase and exclamation points) carry the emotion. A lesson about allowing friends their autonomy perches lightly on this amusing story.
Reviewer: Sarah Ellis
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2018
32 pp.
| Knopf
| September, 2016
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TradeISBN 978-0-399-55074-4$16.99
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On his new mission--to chow down on Farmer McGregor's prize-winning giant carrot--Ninja Bunny (Ninja Bunny) has to contend with an apprentice of sorts: an annoying little sister. Sister may be small, but she's focused and determined. The text is mostly Ninja Bunny's hyperbolic pronouncements; Olson's energetically varied watercolor and ink illustrations do much to fill in the rest of the story.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2016
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A bunny demonstrates a ninja's essential qualities as described in the rule book How to Be a Super Awesome Ninja, beginning with "always work alone." When a bear threatens the little ninja, an effective bear's-eye-view illustration reveals that this rabbit isn't alone: non-ninja bunny friends have their pal's back. The text is an effectively paced recitation of the rules, and nimble illustrations inject slapstick humor.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2015
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