- Graphic Novels
- Ages 6–10
- Comedy
Bunny vs Monkey: Multiverse Mix-up!
Book 7 of 11 in Bunny vs MonkeyView the full series
A reality-bending seventh collection where portals open and the gang meet alternate versions of themselves. It keeps the series' easy comic-strip reading while adding a bigger multiverse hook.
- Best for6–10
- FormatGraphic
- Length256 pp
- Read aloud~2 hr
The vibe
What it’s like.
Style
- Conversational
- Comedic
- Onomatopoeic
Tone
- Funny
- Silly
- Absurdist
- Irreverent
- Exciting
Themes
Experience meters
What’s it about?
The story.
The woods are chaotic enough in one universe, but Multiverse Mix-up throws Bunny, Monkey and the gang into many more. When portals to parallel dimensions open, the animals meet strange alternate versions of themselves, including a universe full of Bunnies, an Evil Pig and even Baby Bunny vs Monkey. The result is one of the more conceptually playful Bunny vs Monkey books, with the same fast comic rhythm but a broader, reality-bending premise. Jamie Smart uses the multiverse idea not for serious sci-fi but for jokes, visual variation and gleeful escalation: every version of the woods creates another opportunity for silliness. The book is still accessible, episodic and highly visual, but readers who know the cast will get extra pleasure from seeing familiar characters distorted, duplicated and thrown into even more impossible situations.
Fit check
Right for your child?
Where it lands by age
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- Best fit · 6–10
- Read aloud · 5–10
- Independent · 6–11
Prose load
Light
Visual support
Very high
Reluctant-reader friendly
Very
Read-aloud quality
Strong
Works well for
- Reading aloud
- Reluctant readers
Nothing in the book is likely to concern most parents. Safe to recommend without preview.
Bedtime suitability
2 / 5 · Better outside bedtime
Sensitive-child
3 / 5 · Mostly fine
Graphic intensity
2 / 5 · Mild
Best for
- Dog man fans
- Looshkin fans
- Phoenix comic readers
- Silly humour
- Visual readers
Avoid if
- Prefers calm books
- Needs realistic stories
- Dislikes shouting
- Needs low visual density
Particularly good for children who are…
- Reluctant reader
- Struggling with reading
- Neurodiversity or learning differences
In the classroom
How it works in school.
Pure reading-for-pleasure fuel and a brilliant reluctant-reader hook — a forest comic kids race through, and a strong bridge into independent graphic-novel reading.
A book children love that happens to support school — never a stand-in for the texts a class is taught with. Reviewed for the classroom · June 2026.
Why it lands
Why they love it.
Why kids love it
The specific delight is seeing every character in alternate-universe versions — Evil Bunny, Good Monkey, Baby Bunny vs Monkey, a universe of just Bunnys. A reader who knows the cast cold gets the satisfying joke of seeing them distorted, duplicated and redrawn in unfamiliar styles.
- Adventure and freedom
- Breaking the rules safely
- Having a nemesis
- Secret world
- Trickery and cleverness
Why parents love it
The Bunny vs Monkey for a fan deep in the series — Smart uses the multiverse premise to redraw his whole cast in alternate styles, which is the kind of treat only loyal readers will fully feel. Best after the first six. Reliable late-mid volume.
- Shared humour
- Quick to read
- Indie gem discovery
In the series
Bunny vs Monkey.
11 books · open the series →
About the author & illustrator
Jamie Smart.
If you liked this
Three ways out of this book.
If you liked this, try…
Lateral matches. Same shelf, different texture.
Come into this from…
Easier or preparing reads — perfect lead-ins.
Where to go next…
Escalation reads — a step up in scale, silliness, or stakes.
Buy or borrow
Pick up a copy.
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