The Rabbit, the Dark, and the Cookie Tin by Nicola O’Byrne - ADVISABLE

The Rabbit, the Dark, and the Cookie Tin by Nicola O’Byrne. PICTURE BOOK. Nosy Crow (Candlewick Press), 2018. $16. 9781536205763

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

A rabbit does not want to go to bed, so he decides to capture the dark and hold it in his tin until he is ready. The dark is persuasive though, explaining all the animals and plants that rely on him to survive and thrive.

There is a fold out page in this book that will be destroyed after not too many readings. It folds out in a lot of different directions and was hard to put back. This book would be fun for a bedtime story and, with the added benefit of a little nature information slipped in, teaches young readers about nature at nighttime.

Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher