Moss Pillows: Voyage to the Bunny Planet Book

There are three of these little books by Rosemary Wells -- Moss Pillows, First Tomato, and The Island Light. Each book describes a child having a pretty rotten day. Then via a visit to the bunny planet and the generosity of the bunny queen named Janet, the child gets "the day that should have been." I found Moss Pillows at a garage sale when my daughter was around 3. After she had requested it as a bedtime story every night for about a month, I quickly got the other two. We both love them. My daughter is now 10. We still take these little books off the shelve every once in awhile and read them to each other. When someone is having a really bad day, especially a kid, we might remark that so-and-so needs a visit to the bunny planet. The poetry of these books is delightful. The acknowledgement that kids can have bad, totally unfair days is refreshing. And the fantasy of designing that perfect day has started a lot of conversations about what our perfect day might be. Some kids books come and go, but I'm pretty sure that these little books will stay on our bookself for the next generation of kids to read.

I read this book yesterday and bought it for a favorite 3-year old. This book is wonderful -- color illustrations combined with real-life coping skills that kids can relate to. The litte bunny has had a trying day, riding in the car. He's been jumped on and had cold liver chili for dinner... It's time for a visit to the Bunny Planet to see the way the day should have gone.The writing is gentle and sleepy-making, but sophisticated enough to keep me reading to the end with a dozing toddler in my lap. Shoot, I'd like to go twenty light years south of Mars, too on a rough day.Get all three of these books -- they are wonderful.