Published: 2nd July 2025
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
Illustrator: Lucinda Gifford
Pages: 32
Format: Picture Book
★ ★ ★ ★ – 4.5 Stars
A quirky, funny and clever alphabet book with a twist – with bright and colourful illustrations by much loved illustrator Lucinda Gifford
A is for A rabbit.
B is for Buy this book!
A hilarious alphabet story – for anyone who ever wanted a pet … and for everyone who loves a wonderful tail, um, tale with a twist!
I love this book. It’s such a clever play on the A is for… structure. Everything in this book is connected to rabbits and there is no narrative outside of the ABC format, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a fun story.
As we go through the alphabet we see our character connect to rabbits in a fun way, A is for A rabbit, B is for Buy a rabbit and so on. The best thing is R is not for Rabbit (though Hosking does point out in a small note that R is also for Rabbit). But my favourite one is ‘U is for Understandably, you want your own rabbit’.
Cleverly through this alphabet non story there is a story about sharing, about jealousy, and above all loving your new awesome rabbit. There is a fabulous twist at the end and it was surprising how a simple format with very few words could be so delightful and funny. I love Hosking’s approach to this and Gifford’s illustrations add context and humour and aide the unspoken narrative remarkably well.
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