An adorable rabbit's journey through the forest becomes a secret mission to unleash an evil plan – a plan that only Alex can stop.

Be it boredom, ungratefulness, or genius, Alex creates a bonkers, aggressive tale of a violent bunny and his war on the other woodland creatures. Reporting directly to Commander Fortune, Battle Bunny Tibbers joins Anima Squad in a support role with the fasion sense to match.One final note: please, Jon Scieszka and Mac Barnett…please, please create at least one of the other "books from our Attacking Bunny Collection" described on the back cover.

Despite the many threats and warnings he receives from characters such as El Tejon (the greatest Badger wrestler ever) and Sergeant Squirrel (of the Robot Police Force, no less), Battle Bunny proves himself to be unstoppable…even when coming face to face with robot killer bees, megatron bombs, and the Kenji Fighting Force (comprised of Shaolin Bear and Ninja Turtle, who have been sent by the President himself to deal with Battle Bunny and are well-versed in 1,103 fighting styles. Fans of Jon Scieszka will not be surprised to see his name on the cover, because this is a book which plays with its expected format and slyly comments on the nature of storytelling. Imagine your 7-year-old taking a pencil and creatively "editing" a children's book about a cutesy, woodland rabbit's birthday surprise party, and you have the premise for Scieszka and Barnett's wonderfully subversive (and intensely clever) "Battle Bunny. It had to be someone capable of drawing not just a mockery of ootsy-cutesy bunny tales, but also a realistic kid/stick drawing style.

What a perfect insight into the mind of a young boy (reminds me of so many doodles I’ve seen on papers over the year! Recommended by someone on Twitter and having already found myself a huge Scieszka fan after The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, I loved this book from the very first page onwards (or even the front cover) for the very clever play it does with form and style. Alex has vastly improved what once was a limp tale about a bunny that thinks everyone has forgotten his very special day. Alex's "edits," including a complete reworking of the text and plenty of pictorial embellishments, are soaked in testosterone.

An honest reflection of the ways kids interact with books—in a way that’s accessible to kids themselves—as well as a complexly layered work of comic genius. The good news is they don't look out of place next to the older ones and having built 20 of them as tactical marines the repeating bodies aren't evident.Both the original Birthday Bunny and Alix’s adaptation are so convincingly realised, down to the illustration style and colour palette of the ‘original’ and its frayed edges, and the naïve anarchy of the inscribed story, that I can imagine unwary library staff being dismayed at the inspired felt pen crossings out and additions. This story was selected as one of the books for the March 2017 - Humor reads at the Picture-Book Club in the Children's Books Group here at Goodreads. At this point, personal opinion will come to the fore – do you like the idea of a book being ruined?

Battle Bunny is the type of children’s book that sounds great when discussing the concept, but is difficult to execute well. Watching that short, as Daffy is being rubbed out of existence by an eraser I like to think about those kids seeing the short for the first time. Scieszka and Barnett tell the real story on top; both in written form, but also by creating the idea of a young naughty boy graffiti-ing his own book. The way that Alex inserts himself into the modified story reminds me of the Chester books by Mélanie Watt. Our Young Readers scheme allows children and teenagers to read exciting new books and we get to hear their opinions!The fun begins with a facsimile of something akin to an antique Little Golden Book, Birthday Bunny, complete with worn cover, yellowed pages, and wholesome message. First there’s the question of coming up with a picture book plot worthy of tearing into proverbial shreds. This is a perfect book to give independent readers who are looking for something a little different. It was Myers who illustrated Erin Cabatingan’s two Musk Ox books (both titles unafraid to muck with the picture book format right there).