Dumb Bunnies Books in Order

The Dumb Bunnies books are built around one simple joke: this bunny family does everything the wrong way, and they’re completely confident about it. Momma Bunny, Poppa Bunny, and Baby Bunny charge through daily life with their own backwards logic, turning ordinary errands into total chaos. They read signs wrong, mix up simple instructions, and make decisions that look impossible from the outside, but make perfect sense to them.

These stories are picture-book slapstick, with a “watch what happens next” rhythm that kids tend to love. The humor comes from misunderstandings, mixed-up words, and the way the bunnies interpret the world with absolute certainty. It’s also a gentle parody of tidy, well-behaved picture books. Instead of learning the right lesson in the right way, the bunnies keep tripping over the lesson, and the fun is in how committed they are to their own strange plan.

Each book drops the family into a new situation and lets it spiral. In The Dumb Bunnies, even basic home life turns into a disaster when the family tries to handle everyday problems with backward solutions. Make Way for Dumb Bunnies sends them on an outing that goes very, very wrong, and they keep pressing forward anyway. The Dumb Bunnies' Easter is all about holiday confusion and misplaced expectations, while The Dumb Bunnies Go To The Zoo adds animals to the mix, which is exactly as messy as it sounds.

If a rule exists, these bunnies will break it by accident.

Pilkey originally published the series under the playful pen name Sue Denim, which matches the prankster spirit of the books. The art is bold and expressive, the pacing is fast, and the punch lines land quickly, making these great read-alouds for kids who like their jokes big and obvious. Adults often end up laughing at a different layer, too, because the bunnies’ logic is so close to real kid logic, only cranked way up.

There isn’t a deep, continuous plot you need to track. You can read the books in order if you want to see the family’s “logic” repeat in new places, but it’s just as fun to pick the one with the funniest setup and jump right in. The whole point is the silliness, and the silliness shows up on page one, which makes the series especially friendly for reluctant readers. Start with The Dumb Bunnies if you want the simplest entry point.