Big Bunny

Although Big Bunny was "born in the spring along with all the other Easter Bunnies," she grows to a gigantic size and accidentally breaks Easter eggs and baskets. Far from ostracizing her, the other little bunnies gather together to find Big Bunny when she runs away, and their plan to include Big Bunny in their Easter egg–delivery provides a satisfying ending. Flat, earth-toned areas of color, repeating forms, and decorative outlines result in compositions that unexpectedly recall Hopi art. Rand's pictures portray a world removed from modernity and close to nature; an original and rewarding Easter tale. Ages 3–5. (Jan.)