Bunny vs Monkey: Bunny Bonanza!

by Jamie Smart

When Monkey is sent into space by a team of scientists, he thinks everything will be smooth sailing. But not everything goes according to plan, and soon Monkey's spaceship crash-lands in a forest, disrupting the peaceful atmosphere.

Convinced that he has discovered a new world, power-mad (but mostly incompetent) Monkey claims the forest as his own and determines that all other animals must be banished, including his soon-to-be nemesis, Bunny. As Bunny gathers reinforcements and goes head-to-head with the gadget-obsessed Monkey, hilarious hijinks ensue.

2025, British Book Awards Fiction, Short-listed

Genres: Childrens, Graphic Novels, Fiction

224 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2024

About the author

Jamie Smart is a British comic artist and author best known for his 10-issue comic series Bear and his popular children's comic series Bunny vs Monkey running in the Phoenix magazine.

Reviews

[LOL · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got this book the day before yesterday and I finished it literally TODAY! It was so funny and crazy, I couldn’t stop reading:) a definite 5-star rating 4 me

[Gabriel Moscone · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got this book yesterday and have allready read it 3 times! This is definitely my favourite book now.

[Lyndsey Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a good book I read in two sittings! The book is very good it made me laugh, I like it because you didn’t see bunny since the last book but at the end it’s all made sense why he was gone. I love that bunny went to find other bunny’s to help because monkey had the gem of destruction. - Bobby age 8

[Linsey May · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Looshkin crossover chapter was enough to earn 5 stars on its own….

Danger sausage!!!

My 9yo son relishes in delight with every Bunny vs Monkey, we usually read them at bedtime but this one has had me read the whole thing to him in one sitting

[Rodrigo Martins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Li em português.
É o número 9 e o último em 2024.

[Eve Challinor · Rating 5 out of 5]

I finished this one in just a day. This is so good in case you don’t like reading that much and like picture books or comics because this has a few words in speech bubbles and it’s so funny and just so good. Personally my favourite book of the series

[Archer · Rating 5 out of 5]

❤️💕👍👏 🤯😂🤣🫶

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very funny, confusing in parts

[Olivia Kent · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the whole series of books

[Mary Pimbblet · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another crazy instalment in the Bunny vs Monkey series. My nine year old and eleven year old both love this series. A prefect way to get children into reading.

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!

[Evie Sharlotte · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have 2 words. Amazing. Funny 😁 😂

[Annette Langedijk · Rating 3 out of 5]

“Eigenlijk is alles precies zoals het hoort te zijn….
Behalve dan in een klein huis dat midden in het bos staat.
Een klein
leeg
huis…… “

Het negende deel al weer van de graphic novel-serie Bunnie vs Monkie. Deze keer gaat het over de grootste angst van Monkie die werkelijkheid wordt: Bunnie is weg! Een verhaal vol gekkigheid, zoals een huis met mechanische kippenpoten, snode plannen, de lucht die naar beneden gaat vallen, stinkende Monkie en nog veel meer rare dingen en gebeurtenissen. En het gaat echt helemaal mis als Monkie besluit het bos over te nemen….

“Wacht eens…. wortels, er groeiden wortels onder Bunnies huis. En wortels lokken…. Bunnies!!!”

Een heerlijk hysterisch en humoristisch graphic-novel (stripverhaal) weer vol gekke figuren en idiote gebeurtenissen. En natuurlijk heeeeel veeeel bunnies!!
Ik had hem mee naar de camping en de kinderen ter plekke werden meteen helemaal enthousiast :D Ik was hem meteen ‘kwijt’ en kreeg hem eind van de week met moeite terug. Dus deze gaat ook zeker in de klas weer goed scoren.
Ideaal voor de kinderen in de middenbouw die nog niet zo heel erg blij worden van boeken met heel veel tekst ;-)

[Sarah Alamer]

Dear Sarah, we are so proud of you for reading Bunny vs Monkey: Bunny Bonanza! You learned a lovely lesson: being kind, thinking before acting, and working together can fix big silly problems. A smart new idea you learned is that laughter can help friends make peace. You can use this at school and home by staying calm, sharing, and using kind words. Amazing reading effort, sweetheart, our little star!

[Luke O'Neill · Rating 4 out of 5]

Graphic novels like this and Dogman really encourage my child to read as they enjoy the madcap nature of it. She read it herself and understood a lot of the words. I then read it to her in a coffee shop on a comfy sofa. We laughed at the silly jokes!

[Devin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book because Monkey and the gang were trying to find Bunny, but they kept finding the wrong bunnies and even Not bunny, which was really funny. There were lots of silly bunnies and it got very confusing. Some jokes were confusing too and I had to ask my mummy to explain.

[Jacob Hinde · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was so funny

[Will Hancock · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is so funny that I read it like a million times already!

[Leigh Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was good and had big and small twists and turns!

[Joana Gonçalves · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super leve e divertido

[Nate White · Rating 5 out of 5]

very good

[Layla Pickles · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good quite funny

[Caitlun Mck · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the alternative Bunny's