Bun on the Run
Publisher: Scholastic
Bernard the bun sits on a shiny white plate in a baker’s shop window – sugared and spiced and perfectly iced. But Bernard is no ordinary confection. While the doughnuts and cupcakes might be happy to spend their days in a display cabinet, he has places to go and people to see…
On his travels he meets a series of animals, each of which do their best to eat the plucky young bun for their tea! But, with a cry of, “You can’t catch me, I’m Bernard the bun!”, he manages to evade capture. When he is finally snapped up by a crow, Bernard must use all his beautifully baked brains to escape!
Two wonderfully talented creators have teamed up to create this incredibly engaging book. Halls’ rhyming text and Jevons’ bold illustrations work together in harmony and include lots of humorous details for readers to look out for.
Bernard’s adventure follows a similar structure to the traditional tale of The Gingerbread Man and features repeated refrains, rhymes, choruses, humour, predictions and jeopardy, which all encourage active participation and involvement from children.
A perfect choice for a shared reading experience and a book that can be revisited and retold multiple times.
