Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake

Meet Betty Bunny, a loveable handful nobunny can resist.

From author Michael B. Kaplan, creator of Disney's T.V. show Dog with a Blog, comes the debut picture book of the Betty Bunny series. It's a story about patience--seen through the eyes of a precocious preschooler.

Betty Bunny is the youngest in her family of rabbits and she's just discovering the important things in life, like chocolate cake. She declares, "I am going to marry chocolate cake" and takes a piece to school with her in her pocket. Mom values healthy eating and tells Betty Bunny she needs patience when it comes to dessert. But Betty Bunny doesn't want patience, she wants chocolate cake In this funny tribute to chocolate lovers (and picky eaters), Betty Bunny's charming perspective on patience will be recognizable to anyone with a preschooler in their life.

Author: Michael Kaplan
Publisher: Dial Books
Published: 05/05/2011
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 10.00h x 10.30w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780803734074
Audience: Baby-Preschool

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.3
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 143950 / Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake


Award: Buckaroo Book Award - Second Place
Award: Beehive Awards - Nominee
Award: Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award - Nominee
Award: Nevada Young Readers' Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/04/2011
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2011
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2011
School Library Journal 06/01/2011 pg. 88
Booklist 06/01/2011 pg. 90
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2011 pg. 318 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
A native of Wayland, Massachusetts, Michael Kaplan wrote plays and musicals throughout high school and at Princeton University, where he attended college. Upon graduation he moved to New York where a number of his plays received productions and staged readings, primarily at The Ensemble Studio Theatre, where he is a member. For the past twenty-two years, he has lived in Los Angeles, working as a television writer and producer on a total of twelve different prime time shows for ABC, NBC, FOX, and UPN. His career as a comedy writer has included stints as a writer and Supervising Producer on two of television's most respected comedies, Roseanne and Frasier. For his work on the latter, he received an Emmy award, as a member of the producing staff, for best comedy series. He co-created and Executive Produced I'm In the Band for Disney XD. His new show, Dog With a Blog will be premiering on Disney Channel in the fall of 2012. He is the author of Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake and Betty Bunny Wants Everything. He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and three children.Stephane Jorisch has illustrated numerous picture books, including New Year at the Pier, Granddad's Fishing Buddy, The Real Story of Stone Soup, and Jabberwocky, for which he won the prestigious Governor General's Award, the Canadian equivalent of the Caldecott. Mr. Jorisch lives with his wife and three children in Montreal, Canada.