The wind hasn’t started up yet and the sky is a lovely shade of blue. While the weather is nice, I decided to write a springtime blogpost for anyone pushing winter out the door to make way for spring.

Nothing says springtime like bunnies do. Rabbits are one of the first things that come to mind when I think of the months of spring. I have to admit that I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for rabbits, which I probably got from my dad. I even owned a white rabbit for quite a few years. Her name was Snowflake incase you wondered.

Chances are, you didn’t wake up this morning and think to yourself, I should find myself a story involving rabbits. It’s alright if you didn’t; I forgive you. But since I brought it up, you might now be thinking of finding such a book. . . Or maybe you still aren’t.

Anyways, I gathered up a bunch of books about or involving rabbits in one way or another. If you’re wanting a cute story to read as springtime wanders in, any of these I’m recommending will be good choices. And then when you see rabbits in your neighborhood you might wonder what their up to more than you did before reading a bunny book.

Besides, studies show that people who read books with rabbits incorporated into the story are more likely to have a positive outlook on life. Such books boost a readers mood up to 85%. (I’m not going to include a reference to this information because — well, because it’s not exactly a true fact. I made it up a little bit.)

The Peter Rabbit books are absolutely wonderful in my own personal opinion. In the picture I included there are two sets of the Peter Rabbit box set. The larger one is my little brother’s which he let me borrow for my picture. I love when he comes and asks me to read one of the stories to him, although he sometimes gets frustrated with me when I read the words and then proceed to stare at Beatrix Potter’s marvelous illustrations long after I should have turned the page and continued on with the story. I  can’t help myself! The illustrations in the Peter Rabbit books make them even more fun to read.

My own set of Peter Rabbit books are miniature, which makes them all the more fun!

Another classic is the Winnie the Pooh books. Although Rabbit is not the main character in these books he’s one of my personal favorites. When I was little, I really didn’t like the serious rabbit who worked in his garden. In fact, I might even say that Rabbit frightened me. But for some reason, now Rabbit is one of my favorites in the books and the movies. There’s something very endearing about his strict and orderly ways.

To be honest I was skeptical when my mom suggested we all read a book about sword-yielding rabbits for school last year. But WOW! S. D. Smith’s The Green Ember is a work of literary amazement. I have only read the first book so far but the other three are one of the next on my TBR and I have two siblings who are huge fans of the whole series. The writing is absolutely beautiful, descriptive, and captivating. Once I’ve read the whole series, I’ll write a whole post about these works of wonder, but if you’d like to check out more about the world where rabbits fight wolves with swords you can take a look at S. D. Smith’s website and newsletter.

I’ve added The Penderwicks to the list. Although this book is about four sisters on summer vacation, there are two rabbits in the first book who play a major role in the story, especially in the world of little Batty Penderwick. The memorable chapter of where Yaz and Carla escape is one that would listen to over and over again when I was younger. I think my love of bunnies may have begun sometime around the first time I listened to this book when I was little.

I can’t believe that I forgot to add the Vanderbeeker books to my picture! What was I thinking?!?! The youngest Vanderbeeker sibling — Laney — owns a rabbit that she and her upstairs neighbor teach to do tricks. The bunny is a wonderful part of the Vanderbeeker stories but there is so much more that I love about these books. I shouldn’t even start telling you about the Vanderbeekers, because then I end up rambling on and on about how sweet these middle grade stories are. Tell you what; I’ll save all that for another blogpost and in that post I’ll tell you all about the Vanderbeeker family. Let me just say that if books about bunnies increase positivity by 85%, books about the Vanderbeekers increases joy by 96.84% (again, don’t quote my statistics).

Do you have any bunny book recommendations? Let me know if I missed any great ones!

And here’s a fun challenge for you: See if you can spot the first Penderwick book and two of the tiny Peter Rabbit books in a past post’s pictures.