Books and Bunnies: Alan Barillaro and Dashka Slater

Two award-winning children’s authors share their unforgettable tales of brave bunnies at this family-friendly event of hoppin’ good fun.

Hop, little bunnies, hop, hop, hop!

Award-winning children’s authors Alan Barillaro and Dashka Slater share their unforgettable tales of brave bunnies at this family-friendly event of hoppin’ good fun.

For anyone who has ever felt different, Alan Barillaro’s Bunns Rabbit tells the deeply moving tale of a brave rabbit born with unusually small ears who sets out on a quest to save her home and family—no matter what it takes.

Described by Katherine Applegate as “an absolute delight. Wildly suspenseful, utterly fascinating, and just plain fun,” Dashka Slater’s middle grade debut, The Wild Season, is a true story about four abandoned bunnies that turn up in a San Francisco city park and the community that rallies to save them.

This event is aimed at kids aged from 6 to 12 and, following the presentation from Alan Barillaro and Dashka Slater, we will have plenty of bunny-themed activities for everyone to enjoy!

About the Speakers

Alan Barillaro is an acclaimed author, illustrator, and Academy Award–winning filmmaker whose work spans the worlds of picture books, middle-grade novels, and animation. Born in Canada and now living in California, he spent over two decades at Pixar Animation Studios, working as a supervising animator on many popular theatrical releases, including The Incredibles, Incredibles 2, WALL·E, and Brave. In 2016 he directed Piper—a short film about a tiny sandpiper learning to face her fears—which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. Now he brings those same storytelling instincts to his books, telling tender, humorous, deeply felt stories for the small readers in all of us.…