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When Betty Bunny eats chocolate cake for the first time, she declares, "I am going to marry chocolate cake." She loves it so much that she takes a piece to school with her in her pocket and refuses to eat anything else. Mommy tells Betty that she has to eat healthy food first, and have... read more

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Betty Bunny is a young girl who is reluctant to try new things - until she tastes chocolate cake. She realizes it's the best thing she has Ever Tasted! She wants to eat it all the time but her mom says she can't. Betty Bunny just doesn't see why not, but when she is told to be patient and... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Betty Bunny is a young girl who is reluctant to try new things - until she tastes chocolate cake. She realizes it's the best thing she has Ever Tasted! She wants to eat it all the time but her mom says she can't. Betty Bunny just doesn't see why not, but when she is told to be patient and she'll have more with dinner she decides she can have patience...but she'd rather have cake. The next day she decides her cake will be lonely all day without her and she takes it to school. In her pocket. By the time she gets home the cake is no longer cake, it is a brown glob in her pocket! This is not the kind of patience her mom meant and she is told to try again...so this time she puts it in her sock.

Characters/People edit see section history

  • Betty Bunny: Main character. Youngest bunny of the family. Oftentimes described as "a handful." Loves chocolate cake.
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  • “"When I grow up I am going to marry chocolate cake!" said Betty Bunny. "You can't marry a dessert," said her brother Henry. "You could marry a baker who makes chocolate cake," added her sister Kate. "Or you could just buy your cake at the store, then you don't have to marry anyone," said their older brother Bill. Betty Bunny thought about it for a while. "No," she finally said. "I am going to marry chocolate cake."”
    Betty Bunny
  • “Her teacher said, "A is for apple, B is for ball, C is for cat." Betty Bunny said, "A is for chocolate cake, B is for chocolate cake, C is for chocolate cake."”
    Betty Bunny
  • “Just thinking about the cake she was not eating made her cry. Then it made her scream. Then it made her kick the wall. Which hurt her foot. Which made her cry all over again.”
    Narrator

First Sentence edit see section history

Betty Bunny was a handful.

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

  • Patience: The book does talk about patience quite a bit but personally Betty Bunny learns nothing.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Michael B. Kaplan (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Stephane Jorisch (Illustrator)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: The Penguin Group
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 978-0-8037-3407-4
Page Count: 32

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