In this book little rabbit Foo Foo goes around what 10 creatures on the head. This provides opportunities to discuss the feelings of both little rabbit foo foo and the characters he hurts. This could be a good opening to discuss the behaviours of children in the class and how their actions can affect others or make others feel. The Sesame Street segment Abby's Flying Fairy School, has Abby Cadabby bring Little Bunny Foo Foo to school for B-day, where the students bring something that starts with B. Little Bunny Foo Foo: Told and Sung by the Good Fairy by Paul Brett Johnson, Scholastic Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-439-37301-2

I would recommend this book to KS1 children as it is very simple. However, during my placement, year 6 used this book to turn it into their own role plays during literacy. They used the book to write up their own play-scripts on laptops, made props and acted out their work in groups, making it cross-curricular with ICT, drama and literacy. They thoroughly enjoyed themselves! A version of “Little Bunny Floo Floo” was sung in South Park, season 4 by Butters Stotch as” Something You Can Do with Your Finger” “Little Bunny Foo Foo” Lyrics Give children paper and crayons to draw their own goonie. Talk about the drawing with them. What is it going to look like, what might it do? Play the story Children can act out the story as you read or recite it aloud – practice in pretending to bop animals on the head will be important first of all!Author/illustrator Cori Doerrfeld presents a revisionist take on the classic children's song, "Little Bunny Foo Foo," in this bright pastel picture-book. Bopping the field mice on the head because they have stolen her newly baked cupcakes, Foo Foo finds herself unfairly persecuted by the Good Fairy, who doesn't understand why she is assaulting her murine neighbors. Eventually, Foo Foo is transformed into the threatened monster, but it is the Good Fairy who really suffers... Age 0-5 years Little Rabbit Foo Foo enjoys nothing more than speeding through the forest and bopping any poor hapless creatures he comes across on the head. However, he is being watched by the Good Fairy who warns him that he will have three chances to change and if he doesn’t change she will turn him into a Goonie! This is a funny anarchic tale about a very naughty rabbit who meets his match. The illustrations add to the humour of the story. The rhythm and repetition of the chorus make this fun to join in with or even singalong to. Share the story Read aloud This was used in the English dub of Episode 2 of Pop Team Epic in place of the Japanese children's folk song "At a Quiet Lakeside" (しずかな湖畔の). [9] Little Bunny Foo Foo” is one of the most beloved nursery rhymes and it tells the story of a nasty little rabbit who is disturbing a mice family. Little Bunny Foo Foo" is a children's poem and song. The poem consists of four-line sung verses separated by some spoken words. The verses are sung to the tune of the French-Canadian children's song " Alouette" (1879), which is melodically similar to " Down by the Station" (1948) and the " Itsy Bitsy Spider". [1] The person performing the song usually includes hand gestures, e.g. for "scooping" and "bopping". [1]

A parody version, "The Fúfumal", is Norse-mythology-themed and was composed (in English) by Kate Gladstone, who was, at the time, a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism. It has been since sung by other members. [11] Bibliography [ edit ] At the end of the short story, the fairy turns Little Rabbit Foo Foo into a 'goonie' and there is a funny illustration of the goonie at the end of the book. The images are very bright and funny and are sure to amuse children. In the book little rabbit Foo Foo displays bad behaviour and it's given three chances to change his ways. This provides great discussion points on on on having children identify what the bad behaviour was and if it's the type of thing they should be doing in school. This could then lead to the discussion of the the do's and don'ts for the children's behaviour.

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In Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl, Lenore plays as Little Bunny Foo Foo and gets told to stop bopping field mice on the head by the Good Fairy. She continues bopping other animals instead, and so the Good Fairy reappears and reprimands her by saying: "No bopping ANY animals on the head!" Lenore responds by bopping the fairy. The moral of the story was: "Be more specific". This book is a cheeky, fun short book which is simple to read. A naughty little rabbit called 'Rabbit Foo Foo' rides through the forest annoying all the other animals; from worms to tigers. He enjoys bopping them on the head with a mallet and rides away on his bike giggling at his antics. a b c Whitman, Neal (February 21, 2014). "The Hoax Behind Little Bunny Foo Foo". The Babbler's Lexicon. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014 . Retrieved June 30, 2019. In any case, the earliest attestations I've been able to find are two from 1970. One is in Beverly Cleary's novel Runaway Ralph. The talking mouse Ralph finds himself at a summer camp, and is frightened to hear a boy singing 'Little Rabbit Fru-fru'. The other is from an article in the January 17 issue of The New Yorker, which mentions 'little Bunny Phoo Phoo' (spelled P-H-O-O) as a character in a children's story. One common ending has Little Bunny Foo Foo turned into a goon, with a pun ending "And the moral of the story is: Hare today, goon tomorrow." [5] [6] [7] This form of story telling with a pun ending is also known as a feghoot.