The Runaway Bunny is a little story about a son bunny who continues to challenge his mother, saying he wants to run away from her. Why he wanted to run away is beyond me, and the Mother seemed as thought she would always be there for him from the retort that she always had prepared when he explains what he'll do or become when he does run. I felt a more human connection as the animals sort of became personified as the bunny child became more creative as the story progressed. It made me think of how children grow, and how each time we think they are ready for more independence, their mothers still remind them of the direction that they had before, and the direction that they will still get from the love of a family. Another theme I saw was one of family, and how you can run away from anything in this world, but you really can't divorce yourself from family, or the ones who care about you the most.
I would use this story for sequencing, and teaching on the theme of companionship. I would as a pre-activity collect a few different stories based on companionship, and then add this one to the mix. Later the students could see the different ways people show love, and they could come up with a creative story or poetry to emulate how they would show companionship to friends family or any other loved ones.
Margaret Wise Brown also wrote Goodnight Moon, another classic that winds up in almost every child's night stand at one point or another. She has a simple yet effective way of writing, and her stories have a really classic feel to them.
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