Title: The Carrotastic Ninja Bunnies
Author: Ashley Bell
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 978-1-5320-5080-0
Genre: Illustrated Children’s Book
Pages: 25
Reviewed by: Beth Adams
Pacific Book Review
In this “Carrotastic” book filled with action such as one would see in a Bruce Lee Ninja movie. Where predators and prey transpose roles while people farming the land and having dominion over animals emerges a story of excitement along with a moral; that being of gratitude, strength and power.
Author Ashley Bell has created a personified world of bad Ninja wolves, fighting good Ninja Bunnies and showing the routine of the lives of a rural farming community, in her book titled, The Carrotastic Ninja Bunnies.
In it, readers are brought to a time and place where the harassment by Ninja Wolves who steal crops and farm animals right during the evening prior to the annual market. The local farmers are left bewildered as they go out to search for their missing harvest and animals. There they come across a rabbit hole in the ground, and like a force of nature up springs 4 Ninja Bunnies, each wearing a color belt representing their nature-given power. The blue one summons the power of water to whoosh water upon the wolves; the orange Ninja Bunny throws flames from its mouth scorching the bad wolves; the green one pounds the Earth to shake it and open a hole the wolves fall in; as the pink one blows the winds to tackle and subdue its prey. The Ninja wolves know they are beaten, and retreat in a cloud of dust, ending the battle saying to the bunnies, “We shall meet again.”
Wow, what an adventure author Ashley Bell has put into a story which pages with a multi-cultural Japanese theme. It brings many elements of entertainment, excitement, suspense, and good vs. bad to the readers, having them feel the strength and swiftness of movements of these remarkable “Carrotastic” bunnies. Yes, Wikipedia says the definition of Carrotastic is having fantastic powers fueled by carrots. Readers will understand the word easily, given the context of the use within this fanciful book.
Knowing the imminent threat the Ninja Wolves said to the Ninja Bunnies opens up this cast of characters to be possibly written about in future sequels. As good shall always prevail, The Carrotastic Ninja Bunnies sets the foundation for many encounters where the prey becomes the predator, and the people are saved by these Carrotastic forces of Ninja Bunnies.
