The bunny in My World, on the other hand, seems utterly convinced of insufficiency. Most children imbue their toys with the power of connection through these actions and rituals they start to understand the adult world and there is no sense of insufficiency in their play. “My car won’t go very far,” he says, as he and his father, facing away from each other, bang on their cars. “My boy is just a toy bear,” says the bunny after reflecting that he is his parents’ child. But page after page of My World is downright discouraging.
You can sense the bunny in Goodnight Moon struggling against sleep and gradually surrendering, and the wistfulness of the mother in The Runaway Bunny who wants to hold and protect her child this is appropriate for children, and it shows a wonderful respect for the emotional growth of readers… far more so than many contemporary books.
All of Brown’s books are have overtones of melancholy. Beyond this, the book is actually rather depressing.
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