cover image Snow Bunny’s Christmas Wish

Snow Bunny’s Christmas Wish

Rebecca Harry. Scholastic/Orchard, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-545-54103-9

Shimmering foil accents decorate this quiet Christmas story about a lonely bunny whose one request from Santa is for a friend. When Snow Bunny misses the Red Robin Postman, she follows the North Star to deliver the letter to Santa herself. But the shining lights she sees in the forest come from other sources—the moon reflected on a glassy pond where bears are ice-skating (Snow Bunny gives a small bear her mittens), or the star topping a Christmas tree that animals are decorating (she gives a fox a frosted cookie). Harry’s eminently cuddly forest setting and creatures only add to the warmth of the underlying message about goodwill and generosity. Ages 4–8. (Sept.)