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Bunnies Are a Lot
Like You and Me
TEXT CHRISTY PETRAK
M any families with young children
often contemplate whether or not
to add a pet to their household.

One of the biggest concerns when making
the decision is if the children are old enough
and will understand how important it is to
care for another living creature.

Bunnies Are a Lot Like You and Me sets out
to help children understand more about
animals, their needs and their similarity
to humans. Christina Graham, a first-time
author, has a love for animals and a strong
belief in children’s education. This book
combines her two passions, aiming to
provide educational material while the child
enjoys the story and illustrations.

The book begins by stepping through all the
body parts of a bunny, from “two ears that
are silky soft” to “many toes but only one
nose,” explaining to the young reader how
a bunny is much like themselves. The story
transitions to what a bunny needs, such as
food, water and most importantly, love and
attention. Each page only has a few sentences at
Bunnies Are
a Lot Like You and Me
it teaches children to respect animals and
By Christina Graham
be aware they are living things with many
age range (though it could definitely be
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similar characteristics to their own bodies
read to younger children). Soft and colorful
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and minds. If you are considering adding a
most, making it perfect for the preschool
pet to your home, especially a bunny, this
illustrations of bunnies accompany each
would be a great book to read with your
page of text, though the illustrations seem
The content was straight-forward and easy
quite similar to each other with little
to understand for their age range, though
variation in details.

I think the illustrations could have been
child would enjoy this book and take away
better used to make the connection between
valuable lessons.

I read this book to both my children, ages
5 and 2. My older child was interested in
learning about bunnies and seemed to grasp
an understanding of pet care. My 2-year-
old loved the pictures, and it was able to
keep her attention with the short narrative.

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humans and animals. I find that my children
thrive in reading comprehension when
they can point and connect the text and
illustrations. Overall, I enjoyed the story, and love that
young children. However, any animal-loving
Christy Petrak is a systems engineer currently
taking a leave of absence to raise her two children,
Thomas, age 5 and Eliza, age 2. She enjoys
spending time with her family, swimming and
baking/decorating cupcakes.