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    Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents a Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo
    Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents a Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo
    Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents a Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo
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    Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents a Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo

    By Marlon Bundo, Jill Twiss and EG Keller (Gerald Kelley)

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    HBO's Emmy-winning Last Week Tonight with John Oliver presents a children's book about a Very Special boy bunny who falls in love with another boy bunny.

    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

    Editor's Note

    Cute and cutting…

    In support of the LGBTQ community, comedian John Oliver created this children’s book about a gay bunny. It works well as both a cutting political commentary and adorable bedtime story.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChronicle Books Digital
    Release dateMar 18, 2018
    ISBN9781452176352
    Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents a Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo
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    Marlon Bundo

    MARLON BUNDO is a very fun bunny who recently relocated to Washington, D.C. from his home in Indiana. He enjoys hopping through the garden, eating all his vegetables, and hula-hooping.

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    • 5/5
      Very clever. If only it were true. I hope it becomes so
    • 5/5
      Wonderful book. Beautiful illustrations and more importantly a beautiful message.
    • 5/5
      This is a most, I really loved the beat name for a bunny
    • 5/5
      Great story. Well done. Thank you for writing it.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Being different isn't wrong and love lasts forever. Yay Marlon Bundo!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      It's so beautiful, how it portrays people who seem 'different' in love. I loved it from beginning to end.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      That was a cute story. I loved it a lot
    • 5/5
      I loved this! Jon Oliver did a great job with his awesome accepting message.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This was a great story! I liked how all of the animals were voting on no to the stink bug and yes to the stink bug. I think this is a great story because it shows that being gay is ok! - LB(7 years old)
    • 5/5
      This book was very cute! It has some great messages for children! I would definitely recommend it!
    • 5/5
      This was incredibly cute and it almost made me cry. I’m gay and I’ll tell you even if you have surrounded yourself with very supportive people, that can be hard to come to terms with and I hope this book will genuinely help some child even if it started as a joke.
    • 1/5
      Can we be a little more obvious with the brainwashing? I don’t think so! Terrible!
    • 1/5
      Small minded story & bigoted views spewed forth. So sad

      1 person found this helpful

    • 1/5
      This book pushes liberal agendas on children. Sad and disgusting.
    • 5/5
      This book was fantastic! The art was beautiful, the characters were charming and hilarious, and even all political cleverness aside, it was magical.
    • 5/5
      This is a charming book about the very gay bunny of the VP of the United States, and it's basically what it says on the tin. The kind of children's book I can't wait to read my kids, with its messages of hope, love, and acceptance overcoming forces of hatred and close-mindedness. Fab.
    • 5/5
      A clean and lovely tale of how love should and will prevail. Nothing else really matters. Should be a part of every tiny tot's library so they can read it to their parents. Just made me smile. In fact, after reading it, found myself singing MAKE ME SMILE (COME UP & SEE ME) the minor glam rock classic by Steve Harley most easily found on the VELVET GOLDMINE soundtrack.
    • 5/5
      I absolutely loved loved loved this book! The bunnies were adorable and it sends out a great message that each and every one of us is different. It shows why the other animals are different and that is okay. Even when the stinky bug tried to stop Marlon and Wesley from marrying each other, the animals figured out a way to stop the stink bug. Highly recommended read for any age!
    • 5/5
      Mike Pence's family rabbit meets another (boy) rabbit and falls in love. Funny story, great message, beautiful drawings, and a brilliant way to start talking to kids about LGBT issues and civil rights. We should all remember that "Stink bugs are temporary. Love is forever."
    • 5/5
      Marlon Bundo is actually Mike Pence's family rabbit & there are books written about the bunny by the Pence familyBut this book, published & released just weeks before the Pence' book was due to be released is so very much superior. I ♥ this book as it is everything that Pence is against... It is about friendship, acceptance, unconditional love (no matter gender)... you know the supposed to be meaning of "christianity", that Pence denies.It is an excellent read for children as it teaches the ethics of humanitarianism. For adults it is funny!
    • 5/5
      Adorable illustrations and a message that everyone, kids and adults alike, should read and learn from.
    • 4/5
      Surely authority figures are rarely tweaked so sweetly and preciously. I knew I had to read this as soon as I saw John Oliver's promotion of it on Last Week Tonight. It was even better than I expected.
    • 5/5
      This book is excellent. It's a cutely illustrated sweet amusing story of two boy bunnies in love, while also being a scathing parody of the current administration. What more could you ask for?
    • 5/5
      ** spoiler alert ** This is a genuinely funny and sincere look at accepting differences, that all people have them, and that there's absolutely nothing wrong with them. I also really liked the illustrations. The facial expression of all of the little critters are truly endearing, and the poor little checkers-playing bugs, to have their game interrupted by happy hopping. I liked that everyone except for the stink bug were so matter-of-fact about the marriage announcement--"because they were their friends, and that's what friends do." It was a very clear contrast between the stink bug, who's reaction is explosive for no other reason than it's just not done that way. Love and open-mindedness win out over the knee-jerk reactions of the stink bug. Yay!
    • 5/5
      For full disclosure, I read this book only because of a disagreement with a friend who called John Oliver a douche for writing a parody book. In any case, I agreed to read both and to give a fair assessment.When John Oliver learned that the Pence family’s bunny book tour will include a stop at the “Focus on the Family” organization which is infamous for its anti-homosexual approaches, he initiated and produced this parody book. I tell ya – it’s hilarious! The story surrounds Marlon Bundo, who one day meets the love of his life, Wesley, another boy bunny. They fall in love and plan to get married. The stink bug in charge with a face that curiously resembles the current administration, violently declares they can’t get married, that they can’t be ‘different’. The other critters disagree. “Everyone is different. And different is not bad… Different is Special.” Mr. Paws, the good and wise dog, declares “We get to decide who is In Charge. We get to decide who is Important. We can vote!” Needless to say, the stink bug is out, and the two bunnies live happily ever after. The artwork is delightful and humorous. The two bunnies are adorably dopily in love. In a story that is readily understandable by children, this book reinforced the importance of love, the concept of choice, to encourage voting, and to speak up for what you believe in. As a closing statement, “Stink bugs are temporary. Love is Forever.” This last statement is a reminder to kids and adults to stay strong through the current challenges, and that love will prevail. This is a very creative book that is enjoyable for kids and adults. I highly encourage this book for anyone who desires a tool to explain love in a LGQBT manner.
    • 3/5
      Not since the 1958 publication of Garth Williams' The Rabbit Wedding, which depicted a white and black bunny falling in love and getting married, something which prompted outcry from anti-integration activists in the American South, has bunny love been so political! In this sweet story, Marlon Bundo, a lonely bunny who lives with his Vice President grandpa in the Naval Observatory, meets another male bunny named Wesley, and the two fall instantly and irrevocably in love. After an afternoon of hopping along together, the two leporine sweethearts announce their intention to wed, something greeted with joy by their friends, and condemnation by the obnoxious Stink Bug. Unfortunately, the Stink Bug is in charge. Or is he...?As a children's book, judged in its own right, A Day In the Life of Marlon Bundo is a success. It pairs a lovely, heartwarming tale about the nature of love and romance, and the importance of both tolerance and civic engagement, with appealing artwork. It functions very well, both as a story and as a springboard for discussion of same-sex marriage and of becoming politically involved, when government forces advance policies and ideas in opposition to one's own ideals. Illustrator EG Keller captures the charm of Marlon and Wesley's courtship quite well, creating adorable bunny visuals. Overall, my response to the book, as a book, was positive. As a political act, which it also very much is, the book evoked a less enthusiastic response in me.A Day In the Life of Marlon Bundo is the brain-child of British comedian John Oliver, and is meant (by his own admission) to take aim at American Vice President Mike Pence, who is decried (rightly, in my opinion) for his stance on LGBT issues. Unfortunately, the vehicle chosen for this act of political satire/critique is not any work or action of Pence's own, but rather, the bunny picture-book authored by Pence's daughter Charlotte and illustrated by his wife Karen, Marlon Bundo's Day in the Life of the Vice President. Essentially, it is an attack on one person, a public political figure, by means of his family, who are (unlike some of the Trump children) not directly involved in his political career. Surely I can't be the only progressive who finds this tasteless at best, and cowardly and unethical at worst?Proceeds for this title go to two worthy charities, and its target is (again, rightly) criticized for his politics, so I imagine many will dismiss these concerns as irrelevant. For me, however, ethics aren't a sliding scale, depending upon the identity of the participants in any given drama. I gave this one star as a political act, and four as a picture-book, compromising on three overall.
    • 5/5
      Marlon Bundo is a black-and-white rabbit with a bow tie who lives at the Naval Observatory. One day he meets Wesley, a big, fluffy, brown rabbit and they want to spend the rest of their lives together hopping in happiness but the Stinkbug insists that boy bunnies can only marry girl bunnies! This is a spoof of Charlotte Pence's children's book about the vice president's family pet, Mar(U>lin Bundo but is a charming children's story in its own right. No violence or schadenfreude, just a message of love. And voting. Proceeds benefit the Trevor Project and AIDS United. Links to purchase can be found at betterbundobook.com
    • 5/5
      As the bisexual mother of lesbian and pansexual daughters, and the sister-in-law of two lovely lesbians with three beautiful daughters, this was the best book I've read/listened to. As a human person who believes in tolerance and equality, this is the best book I've read/listened to!The narrators were perfect, as was the story. I love how the animals all stood behind the bunnies who only wanted to love one another. And the best part was how they all realized that they got to decide who their leader was, and voted the mean old stink bug out! Love and tolerance won out in the end.This book gives me hope that this will soon be the case in real life.

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