Hop

by Jorey Hurley

With minimal prose and joyful illustrations, acclaimed artist and author Jorey Hurley tells the story of a day in the life of a rabbit family.

Listen.
Follow.
Hide.
Snuggle.

A quiet spring day holds a grand adventure when a mother rabbit leads her three bunnies out to explore. Their world seems playful at first, but it can suddenly turn dangerous. The natural world holds unpredictable adventures for them at every turn.

Filled with stunning illustrations and only one word on each spread, Jorey Hurley’s vibrant picture book opens our eyes to the wonders of nature that are in plain sight if we just take the time to look.

Genres: Picture Books, Animals, Storytime, Childrens, Nature, Rabbits, Nonfiction

40 pages, Hardcover

First published January 5, 2016

About the author

Jorey Hurley studied art at Princeton, received her law degree from Stanford, and studied design at FIT. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children.

Reviews

[briz · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quiet, meditative look into the terror and ruthlessness of the natural world. Mom Rabbit leads her litter of Mini Rabbits along to hop. listen. graze. But then it's time to FREEZE. because a fox has appeared. That fox doesn't seem so cute now, eh! A predator! The circle of life - not so cute!

This follows in the usual genre of "children's lit that uses rabbits as an allegory for the existential despair we feel when acknowledging the randomness of suffering" - in other words, this can be used as a prelude to Watership Down. A rabbit's life is one of idyllic, green pastures, Cornish hills, and, occasionally, ABSOLUTE TERROR.

[Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance · Rating 4 out of 5]

It doesn't get more simple than this. Spend a day with a mother rabbit and her three bunnies as they hop, listen, follow, nibble, play, freeze, warn, run, hide, peek, wait, graze, jump, snuggle, sleep. A complete and beautiful story told in fifteen verbs.

[KC · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simple words, bunnies and a fox! Oh my!

[Arminzerella · Rating 4 out of 5]

A family of rabbits (cottontails) goes about their day eating, playing, and staying safe from predators. Although this book uses few words, it still manages to convey how the rabbits live. Clear, clean illustrations show the bunnies during various activities. An author's note gives more detailed information about Cottontail rabbits and their behavior. Great beginning picture book for little ones who are curious about bunnies.

[Chelsea · Rating 2 out of 5]

While this may be an okay book for readers who are just learning to read, I found this book to be lacking in a variety of ways. I found the illustrations to be overly busy, which made it challenging to focus on each word per page. I also believe that one word per page was just not enough. I must admit, however, that each illustration and word per page matched up wonderfully and told exactly what was happening on every page. Ultimately what I read appeared to be an underdeveloped book.

[Lydia · Rating 4 out of 5]

A simple but cute story of rabbits habits in the wild.

A single word on every page is then played out by the little family of rabbits. Simple pictures but the cuteness still shines through.

No content issues.

[Kirsten Murphy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not to be missed: the Author’s Note with factual info at back of the book

[Syntha Green · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent for the very young storytime

[Jacob · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this! Great art and an easy to follow story.

[Michelle (MichellesBookishLife)]

An adorable book perfect for babies and toddlers, Hop follows a rabbit mother and her three babies throughout their day. There is adventure around every corner, but they have to watch out, because nature has a way of sneaking up on them. Brilliant illustrations accompany the minimal text that little ones are sure to enjoy.

[Clarissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very simple with adorable illustrations.

[Dan Hyer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good early reader book. Nice illustrations

[Peacegal · Rating 3 out of 5]

An eventful day in the life of a family of bunnies is followed in this spring-y board book.

[Diane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adorable illustrations of bunnies and simple for me to read to my children who enjoyed it a lot.

[Beth Kakuma-Depew · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love the simplicity of this book, but the pictures are either too small or too quite to work in a read-aloud setting. This would make a nice bedtime book, probably.

[Darlene Ivy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing simplicity in text and illustrations.

[Rachel Leigh · Rating 3 out of 5]

The illustrations were lovely, but I could have done without the pages where the bunnies are hunted.

[Blakely Pierson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Foxes 0. Bunnies 10000000000

[Andrés · Rating 5 out of 5]

Delivery is clean and direct, both in single-verb narrative and uncluttered illustration. Realistic day-in-the-life for these bunnies that connects kids to the natural world.

[Elaine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very bunny.

[Adam · Rating 5 out of 5]

(Read aloud by himself at 5yo, no words missed)

[Hannah Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Hop almost as much as I love Every Color Soup. The illustrations are lively and soft and the life of a rabbit is captured well (there's even suspense!). My favorite illustration is the 'snuggle' illustration. In each of Hurley's books about wildlife, there's an illustration that makes me feel safe and warm. In this book, I can imagine exactly what it's like to be a rabbit, ready to hop away from danger, find a hidey hole to escape to, and snuggle with my rabbit siblings. It's a beautiful book.

[Esutterlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

One verb per double spread illustrations tells the entire story of these cottontail rabbits - one mother and her three little ones. The soft spring colored illustrations reinforce the security and normalcy of the family's daily life until a bold orange streak in a bird of prey's tail and a bright orange fox invade the illustrations to threaten the rabbits who freeze, warn, run, and hide. An author's note contains enough "informational text" to let the reader learn a lot more nature from this book. I can see myself using this book both in one-on-one reading for conversation and observational skills OR in group reading for movement in retelling the story.

[Christine Turner · Rating 5 out of 5]

With minimal prose and joyful illustrations, acclaimed artist and author Jorey Hurley tells the story of a day in the life of a rabbit family. A quiet spring day holds a grand adventure when a mother rabbit leads her three bunnies out to explore. Their world seems playful at first, but it can suddenly turn dangerous. The natural world holds unpredictable adventures for them at every turn.
Filled with stunning illustrations and only one word on each spread, Jorey Hurley's vibrant picture book opens our eyes to the wonders of nature that are in plain sight if we just take the time to look.


Science -- habitat

[Cindy Mitchell *Kiss the Book* · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hurley, Jorey Hop. Simon & Schuster/ Paula Wiseman Books, 2016. $17.99.

Jorey Hurley explores the beauty of nature in this simply, sweet book about a day in the life of a rabbit family. With only one word per page, the illustrations do all of the "talking" as the rabbits listen, follow, hide, snuggle and much more! The little rabbits learn when it's time to play and time to hide, when it's time to wait and time to graze. The illustrations are beautiful! We loved this picture book.

Pre-K. EL (K-3). ESSENTIAL. Reviewer: SL.
http://kissthebook.blogspot.com/2016/...

[Lynn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Same author of "Fetch" and I'm starting to take a liking to her style: bold colors, few details except where it counts (such as the rabbits' eyes); and sparse text with only one word per page, carefully chosen to tell a story.
Lots of information in the Author's Note, so this could be used in a young classroom to begin discussion of a number of topics: nature, rabbits, even how to write simple stories!

[Janet · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lovely picture book featuring cottontail rabbits. The double page spread illustrations feature one word which describes an activity/action of a cottontail rabbit. I especially liked the illustration for the action nibble. Hurley also includes a full page of info about the cottontail at the end of the text.

[Joy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wonderful way to introduce language to a very young child. Great for a caregiver to use one on one (or two) with young and very young children.Illustrations are beautiful done. Sadly I could not use this book for a storytime of any size as the illustrations would never carry to the back of a large space.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've read her other books - Fetch and Nest - and this is my favorite of the three. Maybe it's just that the bunnies are really cute. I mean, an up close bunny yawning? Count me in! The only picture that I wasn't sure about matching up to the word was "warn," but really, how do you illustrate that? All the others were great, though.

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book for early readers or for storytime. One word per two page spread. This one has lots of action words in it and I like that the author has a page at the end all about cottontails. LOVE the illustrations. Shows a day in the life of bunnies, along with the dangers, but luckily this one has a happy ending.