Common Sense Media Review
By Kristen Breck
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Lots of action, thin plot in wacky graphic novel.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 8+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Read
What's the Story?
Stone Rabbit lives in the town of Happy Glades, where he is bored. One morning while flossing his teeth, Stone Rabbit gets hit in the head with a particle extracted by the floss. Suddenly the shampoo bottle becomes barbeque sauce, and a "bottomless pit of doom" opens up in his bathroom floor. When he falls through the pit, Stone Rabbit goes back in time and lands in a prehistoric world, complete with T-Rexes and velociraptors that want to eat him. He ends up in a society of prehistoric rabbit Neanderthals, who believe he is their god. Stone Rabbit and his barbeque sauce then become a key ingredient in the evil plot of a rogue prehistoric rabbit-man to rule the known world through fast-food burgers. Stone Rabbit must save the poor rabbit people and get back home.
Is It Any Good?
While this may appeal to kids who like comics and action-packed graphic stories, the plot is pretty thin and the transitions between scenes are not always clear. Readers may have to toggle back and forth to figure out what's happening in BC MAMBO.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about graphic novels as a reading experience. Do you like following pictures rather than words? Can you follow the story easily? How is a graphic novel different than comics?
What other graphic novels have you enjoyed?
What you like about the character of Stone Rabbit? Does this book make you want to read more in the series?
Book Details
- Author :
- Illustrator : Erik Craddock
- Genre : Fantasy
- Topics : Animals ( Dinosaurs , Wild Animals ) , Fantasy ( Magic ) , Adventures
- Book type : Fiction
- Publisher : Random House
- Publication date : January 13, 2009
- Publisher's recommended age(s) : 8 - 12
- Number of pages : 96
- Last updated : October 1, 2025
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