Title: My Friend Rabbit
Author and Illustrator: Eric Rohmann
My Friend Rabbit is a Caldecott winner. It tells the story of two friends, Rabbit and Mouse. Mouse talks about Rabbit and how he is a great friend and always means well in what he does but he somehow always finds trouble. The two friends get their plane stuck in a tree and Rabbit has an idea to get it out by stacking animals on top of each other. For about five pages, there are no words, just pictures. After Rabbit stacks all the animals on top of each other. the plane is just out of reach but Mouse and Rabbit grab it just as all the animals fall on each other. The book ends again with saying that Rabbit always means well but always find trouble, just as they crash into another tree.
This book was very cute. It allowed the readers to try and guess what Rabbit was planning on doing because there were no words. Often, little children will look at the pictures, anyways, to create a story. This would allow for a lot of discussion as students can talk about what they think Rabbit is doing. It was a very cute story and would be perfect for the classroom.
This is a wonderful book for young readers. I really liked the illustrations and can see why this is a Caldecott winner. It also has a great moral about being someone's friend despite their faults.
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