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Esbaum, Jill

Frankenbunny

40 pp. | Sterling | November, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4549-2172-1 $16.95

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Alice Brereton. Two older bunnies prank their younger brother with tales of a terrifying monster named Frankenbunny, but they get their comeuppance when little bro flips their "dirty, rotten plan" on them. Esbaum's expressive text, with clever second-person narration, works alongside Brereton's mostly black-and-gray illustrations for mild, good-natured creepiness; shadowy and pitch-black scenes encourage young readers to be brave even in the dark.

Reviewer: Jeannie Coutant