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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents: A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo (HBO) Hardcover – Picture Book, March 18, 2018
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Meet Marlon Bundo, a lonely bunny who lives with his Grampa Mike Pence, the former Vice President of the United States. But on this Very Special Day, Marlon's life is about to change forever ...
With its message of tolerance and advocacy, this charming bunny book for kids explores issues of same sex marriage and democracy. Sweet, funny, and beautifully illustrated, this better Bundo book is dedicated to every bunny who has ever felt different.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND #1 AMAZON BESTSELLER: A runaway hit that hopped to the top of the charts nationwide! As John Oliver explained on the Ellen DeGeneres talk show, his book’s gay Marlon Bundo gets married to his bunny boyfriend “because that’s the world we want to live in.”
A PETER RABBIT BOOK FOR MODERN FAMILIES: Love is love in one of the few picture books that is equally a satisfying bedtime story and a timely and vital LGBTQ book for children (and their grownups).
POPULAR AUDIOBOOK: The audiobook version is read by Jim Parsons and special guests Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jeff Garlin, Ellie Kemper, John Lithgow, Jack McBrayer, and RuPaul.
Perfect for:
- Fans of John Oliver, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, and Samantha Bee
- Go-to gift for children's birthdays, same-sex couples welcoming a new baby, and friends who love parody humor
- Parents seeking the best books about love and marriage to share with their kids
- Adding to the shelf with books like And Tango Makes Three, Julián Is a Mermaid, Whose Boat Is This Boat?, and Go the F**k to Sleep
- Print length40 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level1 - 3
- Dimensions10.25 x 0.5 x 10.25 inches
- PublisherChronicle Books
- Publication dateMarch 18, 2018
- ISBN-10145217380X
- ISBN-13978-1452173801
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-Fatherly
“Above all, this is a sweet and funny book about of tolerance, friendship, and the one message even our youngest kids can grasp perhaps more easily than perhaps any other: Love is love. I know my own kids would love getting this for Easter.” - Cool Mom Picks
"Every once in awhile, you come across a book that is not only well-written, but that had the potential to be revolutionary. A Day In The Life of Marlon Bundo is one of those books, especially because it is a bold, humorous, and heartening tribute to 'any bunny who has ever felt different'. Similarly, it is also a jab at the 'Stink Bugs' of the world who don’t understand how others can lead lives unlike their own...an important book that acknowledges and celebrates our differences."
-Davenport, IA Library
"...an ideal children's book for a new generation and a Pride-approved addition to any coffee table."
- Boise Weekly
"This is a spectacular children's book, one that stresses the most important lessons of love, democracy and acceptance...I won't wreck the ending, but I will say there is good reason to make this a bestseller. Any children's book that can move me to mist up because, ultimately, love does conquer all, is a book worth sharing."
--The Star-Ledger
"An affirming book for children that goes beyond the adults-only type of parody titles that have gained popularity in recent years." --School Library Journal
"It’s unbelievably adorable." --Scary Mommy
“What makes A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo particularly strong is that, while an unabashed political parody, it also stands on its own as a children’s book. It would have been easy for John Oliver’s team to lean heavily on the gimmick of satirizing a loathed figure in American politics, but they instead focused on developing a charming story with genuinely funny jokes, making a story for kids that have little interest in keeping up with the news (which would be most kids).”
-Globe Mail
“An accomplished parody… there’s much for kids to like in the funny, earnest cast of anthropomorphic animals.”
-Publishers Weekly
"Sweet and incredibly lovable"
-WomansDay.com
"Hilarious and charming."
-People Magazine
"This cute, funny, and inclusive picture book has a positive message about celebrating who you are and loving whom you want." - Common Sense Media
“Bedtime stories are great for putting kids to sleep, but in our house, we prefer stories like A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo that help us stay woke.”
-Misha Collins, Actor, Activist and Parent
"A joy... Ignore the grumbling about Oliver turning the bunny America deserves into a metaphor for partisan politics, because the book is a 40-page triumph."
-Esquire
"Good for a chuckle for adults who support LGBTQ rights." -Kirkus Reviews
“A work of political satire that is also a great children's book.” -Anita Silvey, author of 100 Best Books for Children and Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children's Book
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- Publisher : Chronicle Books; Illustrated edition (March 18, 2018)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 40 pages
- ISBN-10 : 145217380X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1452173801
- Reading age : 2 - 7 years, from customers
- Grade level : 1 - 3
- Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
- Dimensions : 10.25 x 0.5 x 10.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #5,121 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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(Also, despite what some delusional haters seem to be claiming, this book does NOT mention, specify or even elude to anything that is actually or even remotely or vaguely explicitly sexual in nature whatsoever. There is not one single mention of sex or anything pertaining to it to be found. As a child, we know that people fall in love and get married long before we know what they do in bed afterwards. In this vein of thought, Cinderella is just as guilty of whatever these people are accusing this story by Marlon Bundo of doing.)
Anyways, we bought the Kindle Version and we also have a hard copy on the way. I've already read the book aloud to my children as well as my entire family (twice) and they all thoroughly enjoyed the experience, even the pets.
After the first reading, one of my children actually said to me "That's beautiful" and I agreed. They then went on to tell me that it was also "almost" as beautiful as the fact that this book about the official Bunny of the Vice President of the United States of America "Marlon Bundo" depicts said bunny as being gay and wanting to marry a gay brown bunny, would surely annoy the Vice President and his family quite a lot, and that it's very obviously that they deserve to be annoyed by this book because they are so hateful towards gay people and and non whites. The saying really is true, kids say the darnedest things... They also know FAR more about what is going on than most adults give them credit for.
So... This is the point in my initial review (this is my second attempt) that I referred to the great charities that this book is supporting as I was actually one of the first people to review this book as soon as it was released but I unwittingly broke the rules by posting external links to the charities that the proceeds from the sale of this book will be funding. So now I know... adding a link to a charity group (or anything else for that matter) will result in your review going into a sort of "limbo" state for a great deal of time, during which you cannot edit, delete or write a new review. So... for future reference, the 3 or 4 or other people reading this that may wish to add links to a review in the future and did not know it was against the rules, will now know that it will get your review declined.
Either way, the charities that this book are supporting are far more specialized than "art therapy" which is what the Pence family chose to promote with their Lesser Bundo Book. In fact, I'm quite certain that "art therapy" is not even covered on my health insurance plan... Is it covered on yours? Perhaps it could help a person paint away the gay? Engage in a little scribbling and then erase the AIDS? I'm certain that art can quite seriously be a great form of therapy for some people, but does it truly need to be administered by a professional in order to achieve the desired results? I guess I will likely never know, as it is not covered on my insurance anyways...
In contrast, the TREVOR Project and AIDS UNITED, the charities benefiting from the sale of THIS book, are devoted to helping other less fortunate bunnies that are also different like Marlon Bundo and/or may be fighting off something that is very terrifying and deadly. Artistry in this case, is of course, optional.
To sum it all up, I highly recommend this book to ANYONE that can read or be read to regardless of age or species.
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2018
(Also, despite what some delusional haters seem to be claiming, this book does NOT mention, specify or even elude to anything that is actually or even remotely or vaguely explicitly sexual in nature whatsoever. There is not one single mention of sex or anything pertaining to it to be found. As a child, we know that people fall in love and get married long before we know what they do in bed afterwards. In this vein of thought, Cinderella is just as guilty of whatever these people are accusing this story by Marlon Bundo of doing.)
Anyways, we bought the Kindle Version and we also have a hard copy on the way. I've already read the book aloud to my children as well as my entire family (twice) and they all thoroughly enjoyed the experience, even the pets.
After the first reading, one of my children actually said to me "That's beautiful" and I agreed. They then went on to tell me that it was also "almost" as beautiful as the fact that this book about the official Bunny of the Vice President of the United States of America "Marlon Bundo" depicts said bunny as being gay and wanting to marry a gay brown bunny, would surely annoy the Vice President and his family quite a lot, and that it's very obviously that they deserve to be annoyed by this book because they are so hateful towards gay people and and non whites. The saying really is true, kids say the darnedest things... They also know FAR more about what is going on than most adults give them credit for.
So... This is the point in my initial review (this is my second attempt) that I referred to the great charities that this book is supporting as I was actually one of the first people to review this book as soon as it was released but I unwittingly broke the rules by posting external links to the charities that the proceeds from the sale of this book will be funding. So now I know... adding a link to a charity group (or anything else for that matter) will result in your review going into a sort of "limbo" state for a great deal of time, during which you cannot edit, delete or write a new review. So... for future reference, the 3 or 4 or other people reading this that may wish to add links to a review in the future and did not know it was against the rules, will now know that it will get your review declined.
Either way, the charities that this book are supporting are far more specialized than "art therapy" which is what the Pence family chose to promote with their Lesser Bundo Book. In fact, I'm quite certain that "art therapy" is not even covered on my health insurance plan... Is it covered on yours? Perhaps it could help a person paint away the gay? Engage in a little scribbling and then erase the AIDS? I'm certain that art can quite seriously be a great form of therapy for some people, but does it truly need to be administered by a professional in order to achieve the desired results? I guess I will likely never know, as it is not covered on my insurance anyways...
In contrast, the TREVOR Project and AIDS UNITED, the charities benefiting from the sale of THIS book, are devoted to helping other less fortunate bunnies that are also different like Marlon Bundo and/or may be fighting off something that is very terrifying and deadly. Artistry in this case, is of course, optional.
To sum it all up, I highly recommend this book to ANYONE that can read or be read to regardless of age or species.
I won't lie, I'm also a huge fan of the subtle and not so subtle digs at a vice president who is so far right it's not right. Pence has repeatedly espoused his intolerant beliefs and his out-right rejection of science, intelligence and human decency in favor of his fictional 1950's USA which wasn't so nice for most Americans including my families which had been here for almost a century but were held back by european ancestry and poverty and not part of his fabled, wonderful United States which was actually in the throes of the Korean war which his party started (not Lincoln's party because the Republican's switched ideologies with the Democrat's during the reconstruction following the Civil War which is basically how the Daughter's of the Confederacy put memorials in most American cities...even ones that were not part of America at the time) for practically no reason at all other than to stop the self-destructive ideology of communism which did, predictably, self-destruct.
The writing and artwork are what you would expect from a children's style book. There are cute rhymes and adorable pictures to match. The main theme and moral of the story are fit for all ages, and I would definitely recommend this be a part of every child's bedtime reading arsenal. Honestly, I would recommend a large portion of adults add this to their reading lists as well.
This is one of the rare children's books that tackles not one, but two important lessons: "Everyone has something that is different from others, but none of those differences make us more or less of a person (or bunny)", and "We have the power to make the changes we need. Not to change ourselves to be what others want, but to change the system that demands we conform to their way of living because they believe anyone not like them should not be treated equally".
Much love and respect go out to the folks at Last Week Tonight with John Oliver for putting this together, standing toe-to-toe with the Stink Bug, and putting the proceeds to use by donating to a cause that lines up with the moral of their story.
And now, this...
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Aside from having it because I’m a fan of John Oliver, the book is actually a great children’s book.
Great fun book explaining the importance of choice, acceptance and democracy.
There are numerous reasons to purchase Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents a Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo.
As a protest.
Vice President of the United States Mike Pence’s daughter Charlotte published Marlon Bundo’s Day in the Life of the Vice President. One of the stops on the book tour is Focus on the Family. I invite you to research Focus on the Family. All I will say is their anti-gay rhetoric and belief in conversion therapy have hurt many people in a community I love and embrace.
Another reason to buy the book?
John Oliver.
I have seen every episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on HBO. I loved him as a correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. His new show has a different format from most late-night comedy shows. Every week, he and his team of writers and researchers tackle important issues. Some would be deadly boring to me (cryptocurrencies, net neutrality, Brexit, and gerrymandering), but these issues affect Americans deeply, and often, other citizens of the world as well. John Oliver and Mike Myers aren’t the reason Canada elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (although they might have swayed a few votes), but Oliver pointing out policies from previous administrations helped explain and legitimize many of Trudeau’s policies. The show introduced Trudeau on a much larger stage. It made fun of him – of course and as Trudeau has made fun of himself on occasion as well – but the show also pointed out that although Trudeau is young(ish), his policies are progressive. In comparison to other leaders and countries, I think Canadians are pretty lucky. (And I acknowledge the Liberal government has made some mistakes, but they apologize, learn from them, and ask for advice when they don’t know the answer.)
But you’re here about a book, so I’ll get off my Maple Leaf soapbox (sorry, eh)
The final, and most important reason to buy Marlon Bundo?
It’s a GREAT book!
To be very clear – this is a children’s book.
Is it political?
If you believe children should know they have the right to vote for their leader and their vote should count, then yes, it’s political.
Is it a social lesson?
If you believe children should be shown that being different is normal and acceptable, if showing them that boy bunnies can marry boy bunnies and that hedgehogs named Dill Prickle can “read the ends of books before I read the beginnings, just to make sure they’re not too sad for me”, then yes, it is a social lesson.
Is it a morality tale?
If by that you mean that Stink Bugs shouldn’t be listened to when they are spouting off homophobic and bigoted ideas and that being true to yourself and happy with your life choice is a lesson in morality, then, yes, it is a morality tale.
But it is a CHILDREN’S book.
I can, and will, read it to my young nieces and nephews. They have young minds that I hope will be raised to see that love is love and it doesn’t matter the gender of the person they love, only that they are happy.
Okay, so I bought the book.
It’s important to note that all proceeds are going to The Trevor Project and AIDS United.
(and now, if you make a donation directly to The Trevor Project or AIDS United, you can get a link for an ecopy of the book. This way, you bypass the retailer and can get a tax deduction if you’re American)
Am I asking you to buy a children’s book as a political statement?
Well, it wouldn’t hurt.
Am I asking you to buy it because it will help vulnerable LGBT youth and people living with AIDS?
Sure.
Am I suggesting you buy the book because it is brilliant?
Hell, yes.
The story is charming, the illustrations beautiful, and the message touching. If you can manage, the best way to enjoy the experience is to read the book while listening to the audio.
Jim Parsons is Marlon Bundo and the narrator. His performance is magnificent. Jesse Tyler Ferguson is Marlon’s boyfriend Wesley. Ru Paul, Jeff Garlin, Ellie Kempter, and Jack McBrayer round out the cast as Marlon’s friends.
And Stink Bug?
Is portrayed by the awesomely amazing John Lithgow. I was blown away by the book, disappointed it was only 7 minutes long as I wanted it to go on and on, but comforted that I can listen to it again over and over. I listen to 4 to 5 audiobooks a week, performed by professional narrators. Sometimes, actors don’t make the best narrators, but this wasn’t the case. The performances were perfect. Yes, perfect.
Whether or not you have a young person in your life, this is a book you can enjoy – even if just for yourself.
Also, Catherine Dair published a bunny book with gay bunnies in Rainbow Glade, titled Somebunny Loves You: Skip and Pip.
I’m just making sure she doesn’t get lost in the bunny craze as she was a trailblazer.
Buy Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents a Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo for a young person. Buy it for yourself. Buy a copy for your local library and/or encourage them to buy a copy. Buy it as a gift for a little one or someone you want to make smile.
Again, this is a CHILDREN’S book!
Finally, in a political statement, on Monday, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents a Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo was #1 in all of Amazon.
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