Kunhardt, whose first children’s book appeared in 1934, wrote Pat the Bunny for her three-year-old daughter Edith. Midway of these thrills, if a tiny finger is poked at a red ball it really squeaks” (Bader, 238). ‘You’ can play peekaboo, look in a mirror, feel Daddy’s scratchy face, read Judy’s book, and actually put your finger through Mummy’s ring. Paul and Judy can pat the bunny: now ‘you’ pat the bunny, and here he is, pure cotton wool. “Pat the Bunny came out, took off and goes on, a novelty that children never tire of… Here is a fat box-shaped book for babies and very small youngsters, pink as tooth-paste, with a trick at every turn. Housed in a custom clamshell box.įirst edition, first issue, of the first and most beloved “touch and feel” book for young children, an exceptional copy in the publisher’s original pictorial box. Small quarto, original pictorial stiff paper boards, original box. NOW YOU PAT THE BUNNY”: 1940 FIRST EDITION OF PAT THE BUNNY, A PERENNIAL CHILDREN’S FAVORITE, AN EXCEPTIONAL COPY
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