Name of Children's Book

August 20, 2009 8:26 PM

I'm trying to remember the name of a series of preschooler picture books. They were written a few years back and the main characters are two animals that look like bunnies but aren't. One is white and one is black. I can't remember their names, hence my dilemma since their names are also the title of the series. I think one name is odd and starts with a B and the other is ordinary, maybe Maggie? Anyway, they are wonderful oddball characters who mange to find their way in and out of trouble. Their charm lies in being different. What are their names?
posted by Lorna to media & arts (8 comments total)

Miffy?
posted by zamboni at 8:28 PM on August 20

Moomin?
posted by bunnycup at 8:32 PM on August 20

Gaspard and Lisa! Black and white, look like bunnies. Popular in the toy sections for cute-things-for-adults here in Japan.
posted by that girl at 8:50 PM on August 20 [2 favorites]

Gaspard and Lisa. Yes. Thankyou. I can go to bed now.
posted by Lorna at 8:58 PM on August 20

I didn't know the name, but I recognized the black-white bunny-like pair from seeing it around in the shops, so had to figure out how to do a reverse lookup on my memory of what they looked like. This is kind of tricky.
posted by that girl at 9:12 PM on August 20

I like the glimpse of your brain I get from looking at your memory and then at the answer.
posted by Sallyfur at 12:53 AM on August 21

Max and Ruby sort of also kinda fit the description (They're both white, but they have other-coloured friends).
posted by pseudostrabismus at 8:41 AM on August 21

Absolutely Gaspard and Lisa.

Same illustrator (and writer, I think) wrote the books Mommy Loves, Daddy Hugs, etc -- great board books for even younger kids.
posted by mdiskin at 2:43 PM on August 21