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Mini Rabbit Not Lost

Mini Rabbit Not Lost

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And there’s a smashing story here as Mini Rabbit heads off to gather the items needed for his camping. The fact he loses half of them on the way home or, like the marshmallows, they curiously vanish adds humour that children will love. The events add all manner of opportunities to discuss with children what has actually happened and the lovely illustrations help less secure young readers interpret the text. The message about the joys of home and safety comes through brilliantly as does the exploration of disappointment and overcoming adversity. This really is a lovely story. I really like the art work in this book. It is colourful, humorous and uses a really pleasing range of pastel colours. I like the occasional use of alternative colours too; a variety of purples for trees in a wood and blues for trees in the snow. I also like the variety of layouts. And John Bond makes sure that we know exactly how much Mini Rabbit likes cake or making the cake with his mother. Again, this helps us relate or understand Mini Rabbit’s desire to complete this cake when confronted with the fact of missing a key ingredient: Berries.

There are opportunities for creative work. In the classroom, I would reach for a large roll of paper and make a big collaborative map of all the places Mini Rabbit passes on her way to the dark cave, adding sound effects. And then use the map as a prompt for retelling the story in the children’s own words. And of course, cake baking and decoration are a must. John Bond is an illustrator, author and artist who lives and works in Worthing on the south coast, UK.His debut picture book, Mini Rabbit Not Lost was published by HarperCollins Children’s Books in September 2018 and was nominated for best picture book in the 2019 Waterstones Book Prize. Frank Cottrell Boyce on why reading for pleasure is the most important thing you can pass on to a child I sure hope NOT LOST isn’t the only Mini Rabbit book that John Bond is going to do. I really enjoy this character John has created and how well he captured the enthusiasm a child can have when given the chance to help. For me, that’s the “thing” I want to really take away from this for my writing. I hope you’ll be able to find and capture that bit of life that we can all relate to and enjoy as well

Hop little bunnies, hop, hop, hop, Hop little bunnies hop hop hop, Hop little bunnies hop hop hop hop hop hop now stop As he charges off, he doesn’t hear Mother Rabbit say there are plenty of juicy berries on the bush underneath their tree house. Instead, he hurtles through fields and woods, rows across the sea to a lighthouse and even scales a snowy mountain in his fervent search for fruit. Mini Rabbit Must Help and Mini Rabbit Come Home were published in 2020 and 2021 respectively and complete this trilogy of witty adventures. Once you have read something you should talk about it! Find someone to talk to about what happened in the story and maybe answer these questions:Hailing from a small farm in the Cotswolds, John studied a degree in Illustration at Kingston University, London. He went on to spend 7 years working for an award winning creative agency, designing and directing a multitude of projects for broadcast, digital, and interactive. How often have we seen kids (or even us as adults) say “no thank you” to someone who has offered to help? Well, John Bond again captures this in how he reveals that others often see our plight before we do. This book seems to be about how sometimes we have to take that journey to figure it out for ourselves – as difficult as it may be. A debut picture book from John Bond, Mini Rabbit Not Lost (HarperCollins), mixes silliness with a Jon Klassen-like note of piquant peril. Mini Rabbit loves cake – but cake can’t be baked without berries. Off he goes, on a foolhardy mission to find some. Catchphrases (“Not lost!”, “Cake cake cake!”) and an unexpected final twist make for great appeal.” Home Learning Reader in Residence Reader in Residence Digital Years 1 & 2 Not Lost Not Lost By John Bond Published by Harper Collins Children's Books Mini Rabbit is extremely excited as he is helping Mother Rabbit bake a cake. Realising they have run out of berries, Mini Rabbit leaps into action, embarking on an enthusiastic search for the missing ingredient.

But they have run out of berries and can't make the cake without them. Before Mother Rabbit can say there are berries growing under their tree house, Mini Rabbit has already rushed off on an adventure to find more berries. Mini Rabbit walks and walks and walks, further and further from berry woods. He doesn't notice any of the berries along the way and he won't take anyone's help. Finally he finds a big berry at the entrance to a cave, very far from his home. Mini Rabbit was not lost but now, definitely was. Suddenly he smelled something... cake! He followed the smell all the way home and gave the berry to Mother Rabbit. Now the cake was finished with a big berry on top. Does Mini Rabbit eat cake? No! He wants ice-cream. ActivitiesBut wait… rewind. Where does this story begin? In the cosy kitchen of the Rabbit family treehouse, Mini Rabbit is baking with her mother. On discovering an empty berry jar and faced with the prospect of no cake, Mini Rabbit sets out to find some berries, heedless of Mother Rabbit’s advice. What follows is an epic journey during which the single-minded, cake-loving Rabbit traverses land and sea, mountains and ravines until reaching the mouth of a very dark cave. Young children will enjoy spying the eyes along the way. Older children will notice the signposts that Mini Rabbit misses in her determination to keep moving forward. He now works independently as an illustrator and artist from his studio at Colonnade House, balancing commercial jobs with self initiated projects and running his online shop. John’s work has been exhibited in galleries worldwide and he has spoken at industry events such as Pictoplasma, Glug and Pecha Kucha.



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