Show and Tell Bunnies

Show and Tell isn't such a bad first-grade event if you have a two-headed hedgehog or a potato that looks like the president. But what if you don't have anything special to bring? This is exactly what happens to young Clyde in award-winning author Kathryn Lasky and Marylin Hafner's Show and Tell Bunnies. The night before the big day, Clyde is desperate. He descends into the dark, dusty basement in hopes that his great-grandfather's thermometer collection hadn't been thrown out after all. But what's this? He is strangely drawn to a gray, lopsided, furry-looking ball. Without further ado, he puts it in a box to bring to Show and Tell the next day. Despite the seemingly ordinary nature of Clyde's offering, everyone is very kind--particularly Mrs. McFuzz who exclaims, "It's a mystery object! Sometimes they're the most exciting." After lunch, however, Clyde's mystery object hatches into 244 tiny baby spiderlings, all of which sail up, up, and out of the classroom window on long streamers of silk. Clyde's surprise is the hit of the whole class! Kids will readily relate to the sweet, comical story and endearing illustrations, featuring the same characters that appear in Lasky and Hafner's Lunch Bunnies. (Click to see a sample spread! Illustrations © 1998 Marylin Hafner, Text © 1998 Kathryn Lasky) (Ages 4 to 8) --Karin Snelson