However, as an older and of course therefore a much more critical reader and as someone who also never did encounter I Am a Bunny as a young child (and thus having no fondly nostalgic memories of Ole Risom's text and Richard Scarry's accompanying pictures either), I have to admit that albeit I do consider Nicholas Bunny Rabbit telling us all about his life and what he enjoys doing during the four seasons sweetly tenderly engaging (and that I indeed very much do enjoy and aesthetically admire Richard Scarry's illustrations and their visually magical celebration of spring, summer, autumn, winter and nature in general, even as I do wonder a bit how Nicholas would be able to fit under a fly agaric mushroom to shelter from the rain), I personally have to indeed question why since I am a Bunny clearly is a narrative celebrating nature and the natural world, why Nicholas is then still depicted by Richard Scarry as being clad like a human being and not like a truly natural rabbit just in his fur. In the extraordinary career that followed, Scarry illustrated well over 100 books, many of which have never been out of print.Now for the intended age group, for very young children, Ole Risom's 1963 I Am a Bunny might well and totally hit the proverbial sweet spot. There he found the perfect home for his children's books.

After a stint in the army, Scarry showed his portfolio to one of the original editors at Golden Books in 1948. RICHARD SCARRY (1919-1994) is one of the world's best-loved children's book authors ever! No other illustrator has shown such a lively interest in the words and concepts of early childhood. Seuss, Jim Henson, Stan and Jan Berenstain, Leo Lionni, Laurent de Brunhoff, Charles M.

He worked closely with his good friend Richard Scarry over the years at both houses. He was vice president and art director of Golden Books at Western Publishing Company from 1952-1972, and then vice president and associate publisher of the juvenile division of Random House from 1972-1990. In print for well over 50 years, this beautifully illustrated, gentle story has been a favorite Golden Book for generations.Ībout The Author OLE RISOM (1920-2000) was one of the most influential publishers of mass-market books for children. When winter comes, Nicholas watches the snow falling from the sky, then curls up in his hollow tree and dreams about spring. In the autumn, he sees the animals preparing for the winter. In the spring, Nicholas picks flowers and chases butterflies, and in the summer, watches the frogs in the pond. Full color.īook Synopsis Cuddle up with Nicholas the bunny through the seasons in Richard Scarry's beloved classic. About the Book This beautifully illustrated Scarry classic, with a gentle story of a bunny's experiences through the seasons, is now available in this board book format.

I Am a Bunny by Ole Risom