The charming Nicholas, (the bunny of the title), takes us gently, sweetly, thoughtfully, and happily through the four seasons of the year. The idea of a little toadstool being an umbrella for littler creatures was, and still is, the cutest thing I can fathom. But after showing his portfolio to one of the original editors at Golden Books, he found the perfect home for his work. In his extraordinary career, Richard Scarry illustrated more than 150 books, many of which have never been out of print.

A cute bunny in red overalls named Nicholas narrates the story; he lives in a hollow tree and shows us how he enjoys observing the changing seasons and playing with plants and animals.In the spring, Nicholas picks flowers and chases butterflies, and in the summer, watches the frogs in the pond. Sometimes when she gets fidgity when we are somewhere that she needs to behave I just recite it to her and it usualy calms her down! Laura Tillotson's article in Book Links cites a school library media specialist who always gives this book as a gift and receives rave reviews.

Her not wanting to read my favorite book to me anymore really hurt my feelings, but I didn't show it. My children love looking through and reading the book as it is easy to memorize with very few words on each page. Mother Tongue notes: The illustrations are lovely and perfectly paired with the more challenging reading words.Nothing pleases me more than my kids falling in love with the same books I obsessively read as a child. His books have sold over 100 million copies around the world and are currently published in more than twenty languages.