![]() ![]() ![]() In one picture, Nicholas cavorts with a swarm of colorful butterflies that cover the page (there are twenty four, each a different species) and in another, he is camouflaged by a swirl of autumn leaves, some larger than he. Whether a robin feeding a worm to its young, a flowering dogwood, a swallowtail butterfly, or a trillium in bloom, each is presented with painstaking accuracy. On each page, through an interesting use of perspective, Nicholas is dwarfed by some element of nature which strikes us with its giant-sized detail in the foreground. Nicholas (named for Ole Risom’s son) is a bright-eyed rabbit, dressed in a soft yellow shirt and red white-stitched overalls. Richard Scarry was a prolific writer and illustrator, but this is arguably his most beautiful book. There were several other books in this series, also written by Risom ( I Am a Mouse, I Am a Puppy, I Am a Kitten), but the first stands apart. Ole Risom, the Danish art director for Golden Press during the 1950’s and 1960’s, invited his good friend, Richard Scarry, to collaborate on this book. ![]() ![]() At the end, he curls up in his hollow tree and falls asleep.Īs with many of the Golden Books, the strength of I Am a Bunny lies in its rich illustrations. I live in a hollow tree.” Disarmingly straightforward, he tells what he likes to do during each of the four seasons: pick flowers and chase butterflies in the spring, look at frogs and blow dandelion seeds in the summer, watch the leaves falling in the autumn and the snow falling in the winter. A bunny faces the reader and introduces himself. ![]()
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