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A reluctant bunny. An unavoidable holiday.

The Grumpy Bunny’s Guide to Surviving Easter

Benedict’s Big Hop

By Dr. John Elcik

He has the ears. He has the job.
He has absolutely none of the enthusiasm.

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The original cover of The Grumpy Bunny’s Guide to Surviving Easter: Benedict’s Big Hop by Dr. John Elcik, with Benedict beside a striped Easter egg
Spring has arrived. Benedict has objections.

Welcome to Benedict’s Easter

All he wanted
was a quiet burrow.
And a carrot.

Benedict would happily spend spring alone, with no one asking him to organize anything.

The woodland has other plans: missing baskets, melting chocolate, exploding egg dye—and Susie, a child whose optimism simply will not take the hint.

The harder he tries to escape Easter, the more everyone seems to need him.

The trouble with being needed

I.

A holiday
in a muddle.

Runaway parade ideas. Disappearing baskets. Chocolate that refuses to cooperate. Easter is a lot of work for someone who would rather skip it.

II.

One very
persistent friend.

Susie brings a relentlessly sunny outlook to Benedict’s annual nightmare. His plans for solitude never stood much of a chance.

III.

More beneath
the grumbling.

Between disaster and laughter, Benedict begins to remember that his grumpiness is guarding something deeper than annoyance.

A little laughter. A little tenderness.

Joy has a way
of finding its way back.

A woodland adventure about friendship, grief, community, and tradition—and making room for happiness without pretending the hard things never happened.

For readers who enjoy reluctant heroes, woodland mishaps, and funny stories with a tender heart.

The Grumpy Bunny’s Guide to Surviving Easter: Benedict’s Big Hop book cover

The woodland is waiting

Can he make peace
with Easter?

Without becoming cheerful enough
to embarrass himself?

The Grumpy Bunny’s Guide to Surviving Easter:
Benedict’s Big Hop

Dr. John Elcik

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