Hello, My Name is Bunny!: New York City

Meet Bunny Bloom: irrepressible, international feline do-gooder. This first book in the Hello, My Name is Bunny! chapter book series finds a recently adopted Bunny escaping her comfy apartment in a daring attempt to rescue a New York City Central Park carriage horse from its mean owner. Helped by her new friends, Mike the Mouse, Polly the Pigeon, and Peter the Deliveryman, Bunny sets out to prove there's no such thing as impossible! This is the first book in the award-winning Hello, My Name is Bunny! chapter book series. The second book in the series is Hello, My Name is Bunny! London, followed by Hello, My Name is Bunny! Paris, and Hello, My Name is Bunny! Tokyo. Learn more at www.hellobunnybloom.com

About the Author :
Matt Bloom, who helped Bunny write this book, is an adult and children's author. He lives in the Hudson Valley, New York with his wife, Shelley Simmons-Bloom, and Bunny. His children's books are Hello, My Name is Bunny! New York (2016), Hello, My Name is Bunny! London (2018), Hello, My Name is Bunny! Paris (2022), and Hello, My Name is Bunny! Tokyo (2023). Matt has earned fiction fellowships at Sewanee Writers' Conference, Breadloaf Writers' Conference, and a residence at MacDowell Artists' Colony.

Review :
An illustrated children's tale of one cat's adventure in the big city and the lessons she learned along the way. Bunny, a feline, lives a charmed life in a posh Manhattan apartment alongside her owners-a nice couple who adopted her from the local animal shelter. Bunny soon makes friends with Mike the Mouse, who decides to make the hole that he's nibbled in a closet wall big enough for Bunny to slip through-and their adventures begin. But soon Bunny sees a photo caption in a copy of the New York Times that really disturbs her: "Central Park carriage horse 'Joe, ' one of several allegedly mistreated by its driver." Bunny doesn't know what alleged means, but the rest of the sentence is clear enough, so she decides to help Joe escape his situation. With the help of Mike the Mouse, Polly the Pigeon, and various other friends she meets along the way, Bunny finally gets to Central Park to make her daring rescue. Over the course of Bloom's book, Bunny embodies the idea that small creatures can do great things; for example, when Joe the Carriage Horse expresses disbelief that Bunny can help him, the plucky cat reminds him that she's "a tiny thing who's very determined." Young readers will likely find that determination to be contagious, and it may appeal to even the tiniest animal lovers. The book's simple prose and Mayell's eye-catching ink-and-watercolor illustrations make the most out of a minimalist color palette; Bunny's dark black fur and bright green eyes are prominent as the most richly drawn images in every blue-tinged picture. A charming and simply told story with a clear message. -Kirkus Reviews