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Bunnies in a Rocket : HOP, SKIP, BLAST OFF! A funny space adventure for children aged 3–5 – perfect for bedtime and storytime - Philip Ardagh

Bunnies in a Rocket

HOP, SKIP, BLAST OFF! A funny space adventure for children aged 3–5 – perfect for bedtime and storytime

By: Philip Ardagh, Ben Mantle (Illustrator)

Paperback | 7 May 2026

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The Sunny Town bunnies are BACK and this time they’re on a rocket, blasting into space, exploring the Moon and causing CHAOS at every turn!

It’s launch day in Sunny Town: a rocket is about to blast off into space, and a team of panda astronauts are ready. But wait! Something is happening on the runway... Before anyone can stop them, those cheeky bunnies have sneaked onto the launch pad, scrambled up the rocket ladder and … pressed GO! BUNNIES IN A ROCKET, zooming into space! What could possibly go wrong?!

It’s one small step for a human but one giant LEAP for bunnykind in this fantastic, cosmic adventure brimming over with wild space bunny fun from dream team Philip Ardagh and Ben Mantle.

- Perfect for transport and space-loving children aged 3-5 years!
- Bursting with hilarious details to spot, visual subplots to follow, search-and-find elements and non-stop on-the-move action.
- Funny, rhyming, read-aloud texts, with repeated join-in refrainsideal for sharing with littles ones and supporting bonding and early literacy.

Collect ALL the Sunny Town Bunnies books!
Bunnies on the Bus
Bunnies in a Sleigh
Bunnies in a Boat


About the Author

Philip Ardagh is a prolific writer who has been published in over 40 languages around the world. His titles include Bunnies on the Bus and Bunnies in a Boat, illustrated by Ben Mantle, the Eddie Dickens trilogy, High in the Clouds, co-written with Sir Paul McCartney, and Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky, which won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. He has also collaborated with illustrator Elissa Elwick on the Little Adventurers trilogy of picture books and You Can't Count on Dinosaurs. He stands six feet seven inches tall with a most impressive beard, and lives with his wife and son in the medieval town of Battle, site of one of the most famous battles in English history.

Ben Mantle is the illustrator of Bunnies on the Bus, Bunnies in a Boat and Bunnies in a Sleigh by Philip Ardagh, Follow the Track All the Way Back by Timothy Knapman, and Kiss the Crocodile by Sean Taylor, and is also the author-illustrator of Frog vs Toad and Bestest Big Brother, Ever. Ben lives and works in Leamington Spa with his wife and two young sons.

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