- Comedy
- Illustrated Chapter Books
- Ages 5–8
The shape of it
The shape of this universe.
Murray and Bun is Adam Stower's fast, funny early-reader comedy series about a snooze-loving cat and an everything-loving rabbit who tumble through a magic cat flap and out the other side into a different themed adventure every book. Author-illustrated on every page, the books pair short, easy-to-follow storytelling with chaotic, high-energy set pieces, Vikings, knights, pirates, ghosts and explorers, so that reluctant and newly independent readers are carried along by pictures and pace as much as by text. Underneath the daft peril sits a warm, bickering friendship: overconfident Murray and cautious Bun make a proper comic duo. It is one of the most accessible, laugh-packed animal-adventure series for the six-plus bridge from picture books to chapter books.
Chaotic, heavily illustrated animal-adventure comedy for newly independent readers who find most books too slow. Ideal for fans of Bunny vs Monkey and Dog Man.
The series
One way in.
Cultural footprint
A shelf of evidence.
Cultural ubiquity
2/ 5A working classic for readers in the know.
Sensitivity
Low, and collection-wide.
Across the collection
All 5 books.
About the creator