It's Your Year, Baby Rabbit

by Little Bee Books, Ariel Hsu (Illustrator)

Overview

Baby Rabbit is kind and smart!
Welcome the Year of the Rabbit (2023) with this fun board book series introducing kids to each zodiac sign through positive personality traits and adorable animal characters.

Happy Lunar New Year, Baby Rabbit!

Baby Rabbit is kind, smart, funny, and generous. They love to share and make their loved ones happy. Welcome the new year by celebrating all the wonderful, positive traits that make the rabbit zodiac special. This sweet board book will get babies and toddlers excited about their very own zodiac sign!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781499813425
Publisher:	little bee books
Publication date:	11/29/2022
Series:	It's Your Year, Baby , #1
Pages:	20
Sales rank:	1,040,585
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

Ariel Hsu is a dynamic illustrator for children's books living in Taiwan. Ariel completed and MFA in Visual Development and works in both digital and traditional media. She and loves to simplify complicated things with shapes and bright colors and is inspired by musical shows, animals, and books.

Editorial Reviews

11/07/2022

This board book kickoff to the It’s Your Year, Baby series introduces one animal of the Chinese zodiac—Baby Rabbit— and details personality traits associated with the sign. Readers follow Baby Rabbit taking part in Lunar New Year festivities, helping others with calligraphy (“Baby Rabbit is kind”), engineering a dragon kite (“Baby Rabbit is smart”), and pouring tea at a table (“Baby Rabbit is funny, polite, and generous”), each trait printed in its own hue within the black text. Final page turns reveal other related attributes: Rabbit’s place in the zodiac (fourth, “between Tiger and Dragon”), compatibility with other zodiac animals (“Baby Goat, Monkey, Pig, and Dog”), and sample birth years, including 2023. Hsu’s adorable plushie-esque cartoons appear against backgrounds of gold, red, and purple, making for a lively and celebratory introduction. Ages up to 3. (Nov.)

Publishers Weekly

12/01/2022

Toddler-PreS—This cheerful board book introduces toddlers to the positive characteristics of those born during the Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese Zodiac. Bright, happy illustrations show Baby Rabbit spending time with friends and family, engaging in their favorite activities such as playing outside, cooking, and being helpful. Readers can even learn about the specific characteristics of the Rabbit depending on what year they were born: 2023 is the year of the Water Rabbit (smart and expressive), 1987 was the year of the Fire Rabbit (intelligent and skillful), and so on. VERDICT For displays centered on the Lunar New Year, this sweet tale adds another layer to the Chinese New Year celebration not often presented in books for little ones.—Kristy Pasquariello

School Library Journal

2022-09-28
Welcome, Baby Rabbit.

This festive board book introduces positive characteristics attributed to those born in the Year of the Rabbit as the titular character—the fourth animal in the Chinese zodiac—prepares for and celebrates Lunar New Year. Baby Rabbit is kind and helps friends decorate red banners with greetings and wishes. They are smart and peaceful, figuring out how to fly an oversized dragon kite. Baby Rabbit is also creative, cheerfully making dumplings with a parent. As Baby Rabbit and their loved ones gather around the table for a meal with traditional New Year’s foods, Baby Rabbit pours tea for the others—they are “funny, polite, and generous.” A spread shows how the Five Elements—water, metal, earth, fire, and wood—interact with the zodiac; for instance, those born in 2011 are metal rabbits, “kind and enthusiastic.” As a primer, this book offers minimal astrological context. Characteristics are fairly simplistic, though they do work as uplifting affirmations to young readers born in the Year of the Rabbit. Hsu’s illustrations, filled with smiling faces, match the mood and incorporate welcome details to the Lunar New Year festivities. Adjectives are set in various colors for emphasis. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

A simple but sweet introduction. (Board book. 1-3)

Kirkus Reviews