Hi, my name is Beth Ferry, and I'm the author of The Bold,
Brave Bunny which I'm going to read to you right now.
So if you look at the cover,
you might be able to see something interesting in the trees.
And if you can't see it,
that's okay because you're gonna see it in a minute inside the book.
The Bold, Brave Bunny written by Beth Ferry, and illustrated by Chow Han Lam.
Now look at the trees, can you see something?
Teetu the bunny lived in a very small burrow with his mother and father, and
brothers, and sisters, and aunts, and uncles, and cousins.
There were so many bunnies, it wasn't even funny.
When he turned left, bunnies.
When he turned right, bunnies.
When he turned the pages of his brand new book, more bunnies.
A is for anteater, and B is for bunny.
The baby bunnies were beside themselves.
We're in a book, we're famous, we're awesome.
They loved the book so much they ate it.
Yes indeed they giggled as they gobbled it right up.
No.
Teetu told his mama but it was always the same.
Be nice, be patient, be a good brother, Teetu.
And he tried, but what he wouldn't do to get a break from all the bunnies.
That's it, he would break out of the burrow.
There were so many bunnies, no one would even miss him.
Teetu, it was the littlest bunny.
Come back soon.
Teetu nodded, I will.
Now can we see what's in the trees there?
B is for brave, Teetu told himself.
B is for bold.
B is not only for bunnies.
And look here and here, can you see them?
Soon, nothing looked familiar.
Everything looked different and it was wonderful.
Can you see them?
In the morning, Teetu saw amazing things.
He took out his notebook.
He began writing and sketching, and creating.
He would make a new book, his own book.
He traveled by sunlight, by starlight, by moonlight,
and by flashlight, until his book was done.
Can you see the safari in the trees here?
Teetu knew it was time to head home,
he was tired and hungry, and lost.
Can you see the flamingo and the alligator?
He hugged his book tightly, wishing for comfort.
Wishing for carrots.
Wishing for bunnies.
Teetu turned and saw his mother and father, and brothers, and sisters,
and aunts, and uncles, and cousins.
There were so many bunnies, it was actually funny.
From the tips of their ears to the fluff of their tails,
they made a chain of bunnies that led all the way back home.
We missed you,
the littlest bunny said, and Teetu realized that he had missed them too.
He held up his book.
Look, the baby bunnies were beside themselves.
You wrote a book.
You are awesome.
You are famous.
We're lucky, said the littlest bunny, lucky that you belong to us.
And Teetu realized that he was lucky too, because B was for
brave and bold, and B was for belonging.
And there was nothing better than that.
The end.
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