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This was a cute picture book. I think that the humor of the rabbit is what kept it going. He was amazing! I think that this would also potentially serve as a great read a loud for kids!
Mouse has a friend named rabbit but rabbit always seems to have trouble following him. When they both get their airplane stuck in a tree, rabbit gathers and stacks them so that mouse can reach the plane. However, right when mouse grabs ahold of the plane the whole pile falls down and the animals gets mad at rabbit. Mouse doesn’t get mad because rabbit is mouse’s friend.
http://jdunn25.wordpress.com/2013/06/17/my-friend-rabbit-by-eric-rohmann/
Read 5/7/2015
Adorable story about a rabbit who is always in trouble and how he uses the other animals to help get his plane out of a tree
Adorable story about a rabbit who is always in trouble and how he uses the other animals to help get his plane out of a tree
Humorous story between a mouse and his friend, a rabbit. It has cute pictures with a fun story to read through that will keep you and a child entertained.
This is one of those Caldecott books both the writing and the illustrations of which I praise.
Relatively realistic although anthropomorphized and boldly outlined animals interact with the borders of the pages. Illustrations are filled with movement through the use of lines (both the angle of the figures, the positions of the limbs, and cartoonish dashed and curved lines to indicate movement). The color pallet is relatively subtle, though the plane, the catalyst of the tale, is boldly painted in red and yellow, lending it importance. The illustrations also occasionally include amusing aside dialogues.
The tale is simple enough. The main section of the story is essentially the Mouse's description of his best friend, Rabbit, and his reaction to Rabbit's ideas, but the pages must be looked over carefully and fully engaged with to understand the full story, expanded upon greatly by the illustrations.
I think we all know someone like Rabbit, someone who has an idea and we secretly think "Oh no," but we love them anyway, and we stand nearby, ready to fix whatever breaks or get them out of whatever trouble that they get into. In that way, these are realistic, relatable characters.
If you could give half ratings, I would probably give this one 3.5 simply because I'd like a little more meat even to my picture books, but otherwise I did really like it.
Relatively realistic although anthropomorphized and boldly outlined animals interact with the borders of the pages. Illustrations are filled with movement through the use of lines (both the angle of the figures, the positions of the limbs, and cartoonish dashed and curved lines to indicate movement). The color pallet is relatively subtle, though the plane, the catalyst of the tale, is boldly painted in red and yellow, lending it importance. The illustrations also occasionally include amusing aside dialogues.
The tale is simple enough. The main section of the story is essentially the Mouse's description of his best friend, Rabbit, and his reaction to Rabbit's ideas, but the pages must be looked over carefully and fully engaged with to understand the full story, expanded upon greatly by the illustrations.
I think we all know someone like Rabbit, someone who has an idea and we secretly think "Oh no," but we love them anyway, and we stand nearby, ready to fix whatever breaks or get them out of whatever trouble that they get into. In that way, these are realistic, relatable characters.
If you could give half ratings, I would probably give this one 3.5 simply because I'd like a little more meat even to my picture books, but otherwise I did really like it.
Momma AND Oliver's favorite book! I love the art, Oliver loves the animals. It's a win-win! At 20 months old, he loves seeing the tail of the elephant then flipping the page. He knows all the animals names. He enjoys seeing them piled on top of each other but REALLY enjoys the page where they all fall down. Oliver also does a 'mad face' with the animals when they get upset with rabbit.
I love the experience of reading this book to Oliver! He gets so excited for all the animals and we haven't run out of things to talk about and point out yet.
I love the experience of reading this book to Oliver! He gets so excited for all the animals and we haven't run out of things to talk about and point out yet.
When Mouse's plane gets stuck in a tall tree, his friend Rabbit has a plan to get it down. Rabbit gets a bunch of other animals, including a rhino, an elephant, and a lion, and puts them in a pile so they can reach the plane. Since the animals are unsteady, they fall, but Mouse and Rabbit get the plane. Even so, wherever Rabbit goes, trouble follows.
This is about a rabbit with the best intentions, but things always go wrong. In this story, it shows the rabbit and his friend mouse flying an airplane, but it gets stuck in a tree. So after recruiting a lot of his exotic animal friends and piling them on top of each other, the mouse gets a hold of the plane and flies rabbit away from the angry animals that toppled over. But once again, the plane gets stuck in a tree and rabbit gets another idea, implying that something bad was going to happen again.The illustrations in this story show the animals as more cartoonish as well as other elements in the story. It is painted with vivid colors with black outlines on everything. The animals are often portrayed with comical facial expressions that allow people who cannot read to understand the story line. It is a really engaging story and I'm sure that a lot of students would be able to relate or have a friend like Rabbit.
Similar to the Russian folktale turnip book only the rabbit is the one getting into difficult situations that need to be resolved.