Bunny Appreciation Day

   Personally, my favorite holidays are ones that involve candy. Now I'm not exactly sure how the crucifixion and the rise of Jesus eventually led to a really rad bunny hiding candy, it's probably an incident of misinterpreting the message. "Thou shalt not kill, chocolate makes people happy and fat so stuff yer face," I'm only guessing this as my faithful internet only yields freaky religious blogs that also put down Santa when asked this question. We live in a Godless nation but I can get over that and simply because chocolate eggs are THAT good and bunnies are THAT cute.
   So to celebrate Easter and spring for that matter, I recommend one novel and two series that will make you think next time you see a cute little cotton-tailed behind darting into the woods or sitting in a box in a dark movie theater.

Watership Down by Richard Adams

   This is basically the history of rabbits containing rabbit folklore and religion. A small little rabbit named Fiver receives a premonition that the home they live in is no longer safe. This is a tale of great adventure and heroic deeds. You will cry, laugh, and come away from this novel understanding so much more about digging tunnels.

Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

   What kind of person would I be if I didn't mention this one? I owe so much to Peter and his mother Mrs. Josephine Rabbit and I can't forget his sisters Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail.

Bunnicula by James Howe

   A series that is appropriate for both Easter and Halloween! Told from the perspective of a dog named Harold who shares his house with a cat named Chester and humans that go by the last name Monroe. Found in a dark theater playing "Dracula" Bunnicula is a vampire rabbit who sucks the juice out of vegetables leaving them quite white and dead. An absolute thriller.