Share

PreS-Gr 2—Bunny guides her visiting young cousin in play, trying to follow her mother's admonition to share her treasured belongings. To the accompaniment of rhyming text, the cousin pokes and pulls her bear, scatters her beads across the room, and reduces her artwork to scribbles and scrawls. Bunny's lunch even ends up on the floor. In short, her cousin copies everything she does, but he just needs a bit more practice. Action verbs with a bit of alliteration highlight the movement: little cousin "jumped and bumped," "gasped and grabbed," "jostled and jiggled," and "bobbed and blocked." Patience wears thin until her aunt shows Bunny just how much he wants to share with her. With a palette of pinks from pastel to fuchsia, digitally created images with hand-drawn detail personalize Bunny and her tiny cousin. Spilled paint results in footprints across the page, and an endearing pair of handprints on Bunny's back as she waves goodbye, reminded that "share" rhymes not just with "despair" but more often with "care." This engaging picture book addresses a recognizable scenario and is a general purchase for most libraries.—Mary Elam, Learning Media Services, Plano ISD, TX