Marlon Bundo's Day in the Life of the Vice President

Here is what I liked about the book. 1) I did not know there was a BOTUS! (Bunny of the United States, love it!) Marlon Bundo is such a cute rabbit. 2) The illustrations obviously have effort put into it, even though they aren't thrilling 3) This book is a good recommendation for junior levels looking to learn more about government, Washington D.C., or famous pets.


No, I felt this was a really boring book, despite the fun idea of the BOTUS attending the Vice-President at his job. The writing in this book feels a little forced and there is not natural flow to what should be an exciting and busy day. At first, I was going to consider cutting some slack seeing Charlotte Pence was the daughter and my mind went straight to her being in middle school - Surprise! - She was a graduate of DePaul University 2016. Not really what I would expect. I'm glad she put some more notes at the end off the book to add some more context to her work because I didn't get it through the story.

The illustrations are charming and have been nicely crafted, although they don't capitalized on the exciting parts. A body of students getting to see the BOTUS! You can see the smiles of kids getting to met him (I would!) or seeing what the BOTUS gets to see through a telescope? Not well portrayed at all. Good quality of illustrations didn't have the layout to highlight some of the story content.

This seems like their first children's book, a craft that's difficult to master. Anyway, check this book out for yourself! ~Ashley