Little Bunny Foo Foo

K-Gr 2—Unlike in the original rhyme, there is a reason here for Little Bunny Foo Foo's pursuit. She is bopping mice on the head with a spatula because they are stealing her cupcakes. The Good Fairy appears and gives her a warning: stop hurting the mice or be turned into a monster. The mice keep filching the goodies so Bunny keeps bopping. The Fairy returns for a second warning. Bunny is crazed by now, but the mice are still getting the cupcakes. When the Fairy returns for the third time, she zaps Bunny into a big monster. It eats the Fairy, "who tasted very good indeed." End of story: no pun, no moral. The acrylic illustrations show the bunny wearing a red jumper and walking on two feet. Her head is oversize, and she gets angrier and scarier, with an even larger head, eyes, and teeth, as the story progresses. This book twists an already violent rhyme into new disturbing directions.—Ieva Bates, Ann Arbor District Library, MI