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Basically, 2 boy bunnies fall in love and become married in this beautiful book about same-sex wedlock, democracy, and the importance of voting. In that location'due south a nasty stink bug causing some trouble, but the moral of the story is that, fifty-fifty though bad stinky bugs tin get into function, we can too vote them out again!
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If you don't know virtually this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?five=rs2Rl...Basically, two boy bunnies fall in beloved and get married in this beautiful book about same-sexual activity marriage, democracy, and the importance of voting. There's a nasty stink bug causing some problem, simply the moral of the story is that, even though bad stinky bugs tin can get into role, we can also vote them out over again!
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If you are going to read (or listen to in the bath) just one volume virtually gay bunnies at the Naval Observatory, read this 1. When I finish crying in my bath, I might tell you why.
*****
And so here are a couple reasons why, at present dry, as promised:
1. Love is love.
2. Friendship protects us.
3. There are bad dudes in power.
4. We tin can vote them out of power.
5. It is fun to hijack, ironically, the Pence's rabbit for a worthwhile LGBTQ cause.
half dozen. I just constitute out that the author (Jill Twiss not Marlon Bundo) know
If you are going to read (or mind to in the bath) just one volume nearly gay bunnies at the Naval Observatory, read this i. When I finish crying in my bath, I might tell you why.
*****
Then here are a couple reasons why, now dry, as promised:
ane. Love is love.
ii. Friendship protects us.
3. There are bad dudes in ability.
4. We can vote them out of power.
5. It is fun to hijack, ironically, the Pence'southward rabbit for a worthwhile LGBTQ cause.
6. I simply found out that the author (Jill Twiss not Marlon Bundo) knows my blood brother.
7. Given the contempo revelations about Marlon Brando and Richard Pryor, the Universe seems to be lacing up its shoes. It all seems to be coming together. Shit'southward getting real. Perhaps, nosotros are really well-nigh the Omega Bespeak.
As the female parent of a gay son who remembers the discrimination he suffered in his youth, I am happy this mannerly book is available now. If, through my purchase, I am also contributing support for gay rights while competing with the sales of that other book, I am even happier. Dear is something to celebrate, non demonize.
I would accept passed, considering I suspected information technology would exist more of a publicity stunt than story, just I couldn't resist the sound bandage: Jim Parsons (Big Bang Theory) every bit Marlon Bundo the bunny; Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family) as Wesley the bunny; John Lithgow (Third Rock from the Sunday) as Stinkbug, Jack McBayer (30 Rock); Ellie Kemper (The Office) as Dill Prickle the hedgehog; Jeffery Garlin (The Goldbergs) a
A sweet niggling story about bunnies falling in dear and the importance of voting, all in i.I would have passed, because I suspected it would exist more of a publicity stunt than story, but I couldn't resist the sound cast: Jim Parsons (Big Bang Theory) as Marlon Bundo the bunny; Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family) as Wesley the bunny; John Lithgow (Tertiary Rock from the Sun) as Stinkbug, Jack McBayer (thirty Rock); Ellie Kemper (The Office) as Dill Prickle the hedgehog; Jeffery Garlin (The Goldbergs) equally Mr. Paws-The-Very-Good-Dog; and RuPaul.
Information technology turns out, it was a cute little story, with a solid children's book feel. In the tradition of multi-generational entreatment, information technology has veiled jokes for the older folks and solid messaging for the younger ones. For some reason, it cracks me upwardly that i of the bugs is named Dennis.
I needn't accept worried about the art--Oliver's slice has an animated excerpt of the story and the style is lovely, watercolor style shadings in a more traditional way. The i with the Stinkbug and his white toupee is effing priceless.
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Mind to John Oliver talk almost Pence and Bundo on his show (and the very frightening revelation that the Pence book promotion includes a Focus on the Family unit finish). https://world wide web.youtube.com/watch?v=rs2Rl...
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In that location's probably a very hot cantankerous bunny at Number One Observatory Circle (the VPOTUS's official residence, illustrated in this book), which is seasonally advisable for the book's release, even though hot cantankerous buns are apparently non as widely eaten during Lent (the forty days earlier Easter) in the US every bit the Britain.
Hot cross buns also seem apt, given the baroque and recurring importance of baking (or rather, refusing to practice so) in the battle for LGBTQ+ rights, peculiarly marri
When is a rabbit a troll?At that place's probably a very hot cross bunny at Number One Observatory Circumvolve (the VPOTUS's official residence, illustrated in this book), which is seasonally appropriate for the book'southward release, even though hot cross buns are apparently not as widely eaten during Lent (the 40 days earlier Easter) in the US as the UK.
Hot cross buns also seem apt, given the bizarre and recurring importance of baking (or rather, refusing to do so) in the battle for LGBTQ+ rights, peculiarly spousal relationship equality.
The Pence Version
First (kind of), in that location was a pic book about the Pence family'south pet rabbit, Marlon, written by his daughter and illustrated past his wife: Marlon Bundo'south 24-hour interval in the Life of the Vice President. Information technology's meant to be a child-friendly introduction to the role of the Vice President. From the sample viewable on Amazon, the text is heavy-handed, slow doggerel (with rhyme and metre that don't really work), but the illustrations are pleasant enough.
The opening stanzas are:
Allow me to innovate myself -
I am Marlon Bundo Pence.
I live with my family hither
At the vice president's residence.Some people call me BOTUS -
A name any bunny would love.
It means "Bunny of the Us" -
A job I am very proud of!
If that doesn't get your preschooler begging you lot to read it again and again, I don't know what volition!
The Gay Bunny Version
Hot on its heels (so hot, it was released a day earlier the Pence i) came this picture book, in which Bundo falls in love with another bunny. But here's the point and the problem: both rabbits are male. Information technology's a 18-carat, inclusive children'southward story almost as much every bit it is earthworks at Pence. There's a proper narrative arc: loneliness, love, an obstruction, and... a happy ending. The pictures are a fragile, colourful delight, and the text is brusk and sweet, largely eschewing overt politics, and without attempting rhyming couplets.
Merely it does skewer Pence. The grapheme who tries to stop the nuptials has a tidy mop of white hair, a collared shirt, and red tie. He is described thus:
"The Stink Problems was In Charge. He was Of import. None of the other animals could quite work out why he was In Charge or how he was Important, but he was."
Ethics of Imitation
This book was heavily promoted by John Oliver on HBO's Last Week This night and it raced up the bestseller charts, apace eclipsing the Pence book.
I's mental attitude to that is probable to be framed by 1's attitude to Pence, and especially his views about the evils of homosexuality. But it's not quite that unproblematic.
Money from the Pence book is going to 1 charity that provides art therapy to children with cancer and another that tackles human trafficking.
On the other hand, all the proceeds from this are going to an AIDS charity and the Trevor Project, a suicide prevention organisation that offers support to young LGBT community members.
(I'll leave aside the difference betwixt proceeds and profits, and the malleability of both.)
Personally, I observe Pence's active hatred of LGBTQ+ and other minorities hateful, and if his family unit produce a children's volume with a political message, even for charitable causes, I think it becomes a valid target for parody, satire, or whatever.
Anyway, Charlotte Pence says she doesn't mind, because both books are raising coin. She has bought this book, and also thinks imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, which wasn't quite the intention, but never mind. (Commendation here and here.)
Love is beloved (equally long every bit it's consensual).
Pastiches and Parodies on GR
Jill Twiss, should be an agile reviewer on GR. Or maybe she is a pseudonym of Manny Rayner's. Or peradventure Manny wrote this! Or maybe it's just a Dickensian pseudonym of John Oliver'due south. (Disappointingly, it seems she's a real private in her ain right, who writes for The Daily Show.)
This volume is a more than than a parody, but information technology is similar many of Manny's most creative "reviews" (see my reviews of his collections, What Pooh Might Accept Said to Dante..., HERE, and If Research Were Romance..., HERE).
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Is information technology super special?
YES! Information technology's nearly beloved and good friends and two adorable bunnies who just desire to be together and hop around the garden. Forever. Together.
I think that's a lesson all children should become accustomed to at a immature age.
As well, 100% of the proceeds from the auction of information technology goes towards The Trevor Project and AIDS United.
AND it comes with the added bonus of sticking it to VP Pence on the 24-hour interval his bunny book came out.
Deplorable. Non south
This sweet little audiobook is only 7 minutes or so long.Is it super special?
YES! It's about dear and good friends and two adorable bunnies who just want to be together and hop around the garden. Forever. Together.
I call up that's a lesson all children should get accustomed to at a immature age.
Also, 100% of the proceeds from the auction of it goes towards The Trevor Projection and AIDS United.
AND information technology comes with the added bonus of sticking it to VP Pence on the twenty-four hour period his bunny book came out.
Sorry. Not sorry.
Likewise, nobody ever said there were too many bunny books in this earth and if someone has, striking the mute push. Immediately. Because who doesn't like bunnies?
No i, that's who.
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Lyra (eleven): 4.v stars. I dearest this page: "Stinkbugs are temporary. Love is forever."
Hank (12): 4.v stars. I like how information technology doesn't matter who you love.
Harry (13): Dad told me the background behind this volume, that it was written afterward Mrs. Pence and her daughter wrote a b
Each yr my family reads all the Goodreads-honor-nominated movie books, and nosotros have been doing this for years. Everyone rates each volume and adds a comment and it may (or may not) affect my overall rating. This is book #three of 2018.Lyra (xi): iv.5 stars. I beloved this page: "Stinkbugs are temporary. Love is forever."
Hank (12): four.v stars. I like how it doesn't matter who yous love.
Harry (13): Dad told me the background behind this book, that it was written after Mrs. Pence and her girl wrote a book nigh their bunny and and then they wrote a book where the bunny is gay. That'south funny.
Tara: iv stars. Fun! I like the line "Hooray! Because that is what friends say."
Jenn (family friend): "Hooray!" Because that is what friends say! Fun, sugariness, funny.
Dave: 4 stars. A surprisingly sweet volume by John Oliver/Jill Twiss that co-ops the Pence bunny (the BOTUS!), makes him gay, and has him autumn in love with another (male person!) bunny. Though Pence is infamously known for his antigay stance, this book is not a vicious political book, in case you were wondering. And non disrespectful to Pence or his family or the office of the VPOTUS or the flag or country, actually. Something that is actually appropriate to read to littl'uns. Buy this book, considering all the gain go to great causes.
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Stink bugs are temporary; love is forever.
Marlon Bundo is a boy bunny. But non just any bunny. He's the BOTUS (Bunny Of The US). He lives with his grandpa, the Vice President. One twenty-four hour period, Malon meets another male child bunny and falls in love.
He wants to ally the boy bunny he has fallen in dearest with and all their animal friends get gear up for the wedding. But and so the stink bug tries to stop them.
This book was written by John Oliver, the host of HBO's Final Week This night in respond to a children'
Stink bugs are temporary; beloved is forever.
Marlon Bundo is a male child bunny. But not just any bunny. He'due south the BOTUS (Bunny Of The U.s.). He lives with his grandpa, the Vice President. Ane solar day, Malon meets another boy bunny and falls in dearest.
He wants to marry the male child bunny he has fallen in love with and all their beast friends go ready for the wedding. Only then the stink bug tries to stop them.
This volume was written by John Oliver, the host of HBO'southward Last Week This evening in reply to a children's volume Mike Pence, current VP of the Usa, has published with is wife.
Mike Pence'southward volume is likewise about a bunny named Marlon Bundo, who shows kids a day in the life of the Vice President of the US. Non bad in full general. The problem is that Mike Pence is a self-proclaimed Christian, conservative, and Republican (in this order, as he likes to always point out). He has promoted "gay cures" and is avidly against abortions.
Therefore, John Oliver and a few of his colleagues and friends seized the opportunity to instead teach children virtually love, tolerance, democracy and friendship.
I have both the audio and ebook because the illustrations are cute and the sound is funny thanks to who recorded the 7 minutes - and enjoyed both. Naturally, every bit it is a book for small-scale children (or people who need to become their priorities directly ... or gay), the ebook or hardcover are amend to illustrate some great points and bring across some of the more subtle jokes (which is why this got one star less). And there are many hidden and non-so-hidden hints and jokes, believe me. Doesn't matter that information technology'south a thin book, it packs a dial!
The other great affair well-nigh this is that all of the royalties become to The Trevor Project and AIDS United.
THIS IS PRICELESS!!!!!
Paul and I both loved recognizing all the voices listening to the Audiobook!!!
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You know, it'south funny. When I was watching the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver episode that talks about this volume and I heard him say that this wasn't an adult volume "telling Mike Pence to go fuck himself," I had a moment of entertainment because that was literally exactly what I thought this book was going to be about. You see, Mike Pence has a pet bunny (BOTUS) named Marlon Bundo that has its ain Instagram and everything. The second f
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You lot know, information technology'due south funny. When I was watching the Last Calendar week Tonight with John Oliver episode that talks about this book and I heard him say that this wasn't an adult volume "telling Mike Pence to become fuck himself," I had a moment of amusement because that was literally exactly what I thought this volume was going to exist about. You see, Mike Pence has a pet bunny (BOTUS) named Marlon Bundo that has its own Instagram and everything. The 2nd family as well recently published a book about their bunny's adventures called MARLON BUNDO'S Mean solar day IN THE LIFE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT. This book, A Day IN THE LIFE OF MARLON BUNDO, is published by a staff writer of Last Calendar week Tonight, and if that weren't hilarious plenty, they also published their book a day before and made the bunny gay.
If you didn't know, Mike Pence is notoriously anti-gay and appears to subtly back up conversion therapy, which, if you didn't know, is basically the thought that y'all can educate LGBT+ people into existence straight. In that location's a dark comedy about conversion therapy called Merely I'm a Cheerleader , which is an amazing motion-picture show. RuPaul is in it. (I feel like RuPaul is basically the Kevin Bacon of all things gay - he seems to be connected to everything and everyone of notation.) Then taking his family pet and writing a gay dear story nearly him is really the perfect revenge. Only A DAY IN THE LIFE OF MARLON BUNDO isn't simply a low-blow. The writers of Last Calendar week Tonight could have taken the low road with this one and done something crude (albeit funny) simply they didn't. Instead, they wrote a children'south book almost a gay bunny and the importance of voting for alter. It was really, really cute and I found myself unexpectedly touched.
The proceeds of this book get to the Trevor Projection and AIDS United, which are also peachy reasons to buy this volume (apart from flipping the figurative finger at Mike Pence, of form), but honestly? This is a not bad tool to employ to bring upward sexuality with kids. There's nothing sexual well-nigh this book at all. It'southward just about love, and overcoming prejudice by voting for change. It's very empowering, and very beautiful, and normalizes LGBT+ people without resorting to stereotypes or cheap tropes (there's even a pair of gay kitties in here). It says that it'due south okay to be different, that everyone is different in their own way, and that we should live in a world where these differences should be historic instead of repressed.
I thought this book was really beautiful and I enjoyed reading information technology. You should read it, too.
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Certain, I bought the book to give a middle finger to Mike Pence and the anti-LGBTQ zealots, but it also benefits a wonderful cause. Having said that, it's a very cute book that I would let whatever kid read considering it'south almost beloved. And, loving people (animals and bugs in the book) that are different. And yes, I feel a scrap hypocritical subsequently what I said about Pence and his I'll, but I don't claim to exist perfect. Buy this volume!!!
Love IS forever!Sure, I bought the book to give a middle finger to Mike Pence and the anti-LGBTQ zealots, but it besides benefits a wonderful cause. Having said that, information technology'south a very cute book that I would allow whatever child read because it'southward near beloved. And, loving people (animals and bugs in the book) that are different. And yes, I feel a scrap hypocritical subsequently what I said about Pence and his I'll, merely I don't claim to be perfect. Purchase this book!!!
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Call back, unlike stinky bugs who like telling people what to do, love is forever...
The audiobook in item has a dandy bandage, very cute and well done.
Thanks, Last Week Tonight! (that was money well-spent)
This is sincerely a great children's book with a positive message nigh accepting people who are unlike, and about taking up the responsibility to vote. I couldn't recommend this more for kids.Call back, unlike stinky bugs who like telling people what to exercise, love is forever...
The audiobook in particular has a great cast, very cute and well done.
Thanks, Last Week This evening! (that was money well-spent)
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Stink bugs are temporary. Love is forever.
I nearly missed Banned Books Week!!!!
Luckily the fancy library is right down the street from the office and they came to the rescue . . . .
You go fancy library! Y'all may not have mommy's special types of science books that she likes, simply you is smart, you is kind and you is of import.
The story here is but what it says – a day in the life of a fiddling bunny called Marlon Bundo.
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Stink bugs are temporary. Dearest is forever.
I nearly missed Banned Books Week!!!!
Luckily the fancy library is correct down the street from the office and they came to the rescue . . . .
Yous get fancy library! You may non have mommy's special types of science books that she likes, simply you is smart, you is kind and you is important.
The story here is merely what it says – a twenty-four hours in the life of a lilliputian bunny chosen Marlon Bundo. Marlon lives in a big old house called the White Firm with his gramps, Mike Pence . . . .
*hold for groans – hold for groans*
There'southward not a whole lot for a little bunny to practice and Marlon is lone *sadface* - untillllllllll he meets another bunny named Wesley and they fall into instalove (which normally would equal one star, but rabbits do take a reputation to withhold then it gets a pass) and decide they never want to hop alone again. Simply the Stink Bug in Charge has other plans . . . .
You run into, he has already determined male child bunnies tin only ally girl bunnies. So the bunnies (and hedgehogs and badgers and cats and otters and on and on and on) exercise their rights and vote that old stinker right out of office!
Okay, and then I may have spoiled the entire thing, but hopefully no one cares. The whole indicate of this story is to teach the lesson that . . . .
Everyone is dissimilar. And different is Smashing.
And to have a flake of the piss out of the uggos who are currently running the
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I loved information technology! Every child and classroom in the world should have a copy. One star on purpose...in the spirit of John Oliver and others who are turning the tables with humor, intelligence and the best kind of humanity. Bundo and Friends for President!!!
"..."Some people call me BOTUS -
A name any bunny would love.
It means "Bunny of the Usa" -
A task I am very proud of!"..."
This was adorable!!!! I thought it would be just a joke, but it turned out to be an amazing volume about tolerance and voting for kids. I went and purchased a ton of them for my friends with kids on Amazon, considering I retrieve information technology is a classic in the making! Marlon Bundo is impossible not to love, even though his grandpa is a stick in the mud:):):) I know that th
*** five *** "..."Some people phone call me BOTUS -
A proper noun any bunny would honey.
It means "Bunny of the U.s.a." -
A job I am very proud of!"..."
This was adorable!!!! I thought it would exist just a joke, but information technology turned out to be an amazing book about tolerance and voting for kids. I went and purchased a ton of them for my friends with kids on Amazon, because I think information technology is a classic in the making! Marlon Bundo is impossible not to love, even though his granddaddy is a stick in the mud:):):) I know that in that location are a lot of people who feel that we should not teach kids about homosexuality, merely I think we should all agree that we should teach them that love is a good thing and we should cherish it! We should also all agree that acceptance and tolerance should exist a part of children'due south education, just obviously many of us are more comfortable with teaching intolerance and hate...
"..."The Stink Bug was In Charge. He was Important. None of the other animals could quite work out why he was In Charge or how he was Important, but he was."..."
I recommend this book to everyone, big and minor, and I promise this becomes a cherished addition to the children'south library for well-nigh of united states:):):)
Now I wish you all Happy Reading and may yous always find what yous Need in the pages of a Good Book!!!
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Yes, it took me less than v minutes to read it, and cost $12, but it is sweet, and featherbrained, and has an AWESOME message, and the gain g9 to a cracking cause! Bunnies should marry whomever they want!
Awww... what a sweet silly volume!Yes, it took me less than five minutes to read it, and toll $12, simply it is sweet, and dizzy, and has an AWESOME message, and the proceeds g9 to a great cause! Bunnies should ally whomever they want!
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This is a story about dear is love and standing up for who you lot are and beingness true to yourself. It is also near standing up to bad advice and bad ability. John Oliver and squad wrote this book and besides making the BOTUS gay, the
VOTE Non THE STINKBUG!!! This was actually a sweetness and good story. Marlon finds love and his friends are happy for him. Marlon is also the BOTUS = bunny of the US. He lives in a big lonely house and he often feels lonely. Then Marlon meets Wesley. They are two boy bunnies.This is a story about honey is dearest and standing up for who yous are and beingness truthful to yourself. It is besides almost standing up to bad advice and bad power. John Oliver and team wrote this book and as well making the BOTUS gay, there is little here well-nigh politics too calling it all ho-hum.
I'1000 certain this will sell more copies than the other book about Marlon Bundo. That's ok since the story has something to say. Read this to the kids and they thought it was cute. They similar the volume.
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John Oliver strikes again!
And equally my students would say, "it is as funny equally shit".
Aye, I'm not sure how shit is funny either. I mean, okay, I suppose if you have been constipated and then you get No 2, it might as good every bit shit. But what sort of weird tickling shit exists that makes y'all express joy?
This volume by Jill Twiss (J
Marlon Bundo is not a godfather, or at least he doesn't seem to exist. It is important to know this. This flick book is a response to the Pence family book near their bunny rabbit and a plea for tolerance.And as my students would say, "it is as funny as shit".
Yeah, I'g not sure how shit is funny either. I hateful, okay, I suppose if you have been constipated and then you become No ii, it might as good as shit. But what sort of weird tickling shit exists that makes you laugh?
This book by Jill Twiss (John Oliver) is about a bunny who falls in love with some other bunny, some other cadet (I am sorry but a male bunny is a buck and not boy, just saying). and and so Donald Trump/Pence aka Stinkbug tells them they can't marry. Thankfully, Marlon Bundo has a agglomeration of friends, i of whom, the dog, understands democracy. The cool thing is that Marlon's friends are all different in different ways – including a decorative turtle and a hedgehog (honesty, yous take me at hedgehog) who likes to read the endings first to make sure the book isn't besides traumatic (Dude, put down Former Yeller!).
The artwork is beautiful.
Now, I'chiliad certain that some people are going to get upset about this spoof of the Pence family unit book, just you lot know what – I don't intendance. I don't care at all. Pence has shown that he does not care about me because I take a vagina, and he wants some of my friend to modify who they are. So, you know what, Mike Pence can have his homophobic, sexist self and spring in a lake.
Don't worry, Marlon Bundo, you accept a home for life.
A one-half star off considering I am a comma purist so really 4.5, just the illustrations are so cute.
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Stink bugs are temporary; love is forever.
Marlon Bundo is a boy bunny. But not just whatsoever bunny. He's the BOTUS (Bunny Of The US). He lives with his grandad, the Vice President. One day, Malon meets some other boy bunny and falls in love.
He wants to marry the boy bunny he has fallen in love with and all their creature friends get ready for the wedding. But then the stink bug tries to stop them.
This volume was written by John Oliver, the host of HBO'due south Last Week Tonight in answer to a children'
Stink bugs are temporary; love is forever.
Marlon Bundo is a male child bunny. Just not only any bunny. He'southward the BOTUS (Bunny Of The United states). He lives with his grandpa, the Vice President. One day, Malon meets some other male child bunny and falls in love.
He wants to marry the boy bunny he has fallen in honey with and all their animal friends become ready for the wedding. But then the stink bug tries to stop them.
This book was written by John Oliver, the host of HBO's Last Week Tonight in answer to a children'due south book Mike Pence, electric current VP of the United states, has published with is wife.
Mike Pence'due south book is too about a bunny named Marlon Bundo, who shows kids a day in the life of the Vice President of the Us. Swell in general. The trouble is that Mike Pence is a self-proclaimed Christian, conservative, and Republican (in this lodge, as he likes to always bespeak out). He has promoted "gay cures" and is avidly confronting abortions.
Therefore, John Oliver and a few of his colleagues and friends seized the opportunity to instead teach children about love, tolerance, democracy and friendship.
I have both the audio and ebook because the illustrations are cute and the audio is funny thanks to who recorded the 7 minutes - and enjoyed both. Naturally, as it is a volume for small children (or people who need to get their priorities direct ... or gay), the ebook or hardcover are improve to illustrate some slap-up points and bring beyond some of the more than subtle jokes (which is why this got one star more). And there are many hidden and not-then-hidden hints and jokes, believe me. Doesn't matter that it's a sparse volume, information technology packs a punch!
The other smashing thing about this is that all of the royalties get to The Trevor Project and AIDS United.
When I saw at that place was an audio version, I decided the money would go to a good crusade. Voices similar Jim Parsons, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jeff Garlin, Ellie Kemper, John Lithgow, Jack McBrayer, and RuPaul brand this the best 7 minutes y'all c
This started as a joke on the John Oliver show, a response to the Mrs. Mike Pence children's book about the bunny Marlon Bundo, but information technology's actually super cute and follows children'south book format very well, with repetition, simple bulletin, positive. I'd read information technology to kids!When I saw in that location was an audio version, I decided the money would go to a adept cause. Voices similar Jim Parsons, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jeff Garlin, Ellie Kemper, John Lithgow, Jack McBrayer, and RuPaul make this the best 7 minutes y'all could spend.
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One time upon a fourth dimension in a land (alas, not) far abroad, a very mean human being was elected Vice President. He was mean for many reasons, but i reason was he hated gay people a lot because they were dissimilar (and maybe for other, more Freudian reasons.) Information technology would have been not bad if the President of this far away land could have realized his error and fired th
Considering it doesn't affair if you love a girl bunny or a boy bunny, or eat your sandwich astern or forward. Stink bugs are temporary. Beloved is forever.Once upon a time in a land (alas, not) far away, a very mean man was elected Vice President. He was hateful for many reasons, only ane reason was he hated gay people a lot because they were different (and maybe for other, more Freudian reasons.) Information technology would have been great if the President of this far away land could take realized his error and fired the mean man just, you run across, he was very terrible also.
It was not an optimal situation.
But so the Vice President'south nice daughter wrote a book about her pet bunny and donated the proceeds to charity. This inspired the bard John Oliver (with assistance from the off-white maiden Jill Twiss) to write a book about that bunny, except in this version the bunny was a boy bunny who wanted to marry another male child bunny. And those gain besides went to clemency, an AIDS charity (AIDS United) and a suicide hotline for LGBTQ youth (The Trevor Projection.)
And the 2nd volume far outsold the starting time volume, and maybe it taught some kids that being different is ok and allowed a few LGBTQ youth to love themselves enough to keep going. And THAT is fantastic. It's not enough, but information technology's however fantastic.
And until the day when people worry about real problems and non who can be in love with who, a girl (ok, a middle-aged woman, lets not carve up
But allow'south get existent, she'd probably weep regardless considering she'south kind of a pussy.
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Normally I avoid books that are super hyped until some of it dies down. In this example, I jumped on the trend train and bought the audiobook bachelor on Aural. I mean it was only $1.50 with tax, all the proceeds go to ii wonderful charities (The Trevor Projection and AIDS United), and you get a volume virtually a cute bunny finding honey and its political voice within its community. What's not to similar?This book is really adorable! I actually like the message of how dearest knows no bounds and how those who come together tin can brand a change in who leads them. The voice bandage is absolutely perfect and is definitely the part I enjoyed the about. The art way is very pretty. Hopefully there will exist a short picture show of this book like at that place was on the Last Calendar week This night clip as I demand it in my life. The story was funny and a skillful unproblematic message for children simply cypher super unique.
Overall, I accept to rate this Audible Audio version a 4.5. The audio is 5 stars as the cast couldn't accept been better and the story is 4 stars. Had the art work been included, like the video sample shown On Terminal Week Tonight with John Oliver, I would have given the book a 5 stars but I take to rate the version I purchased.
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Jill Twiss is the author of Concluding Week Tonight With John Oliver Presents: A Mean solar day In The Life of Marlon Bundo, a New York Times #ane Bestseller. She is besides a comedy author who won multiple Emmys, WGA Awards, and Peabody Awards for her piece of work as a staff writer on HBO'south "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver".In her non-so-spare time, Jill writes sentences for the Scripps National Spelling Bee on ESPN and is working on a play about the women of the Seneca Falls Convention. She would very much similar to ain a pet penguin and name him Tater Tot.
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