Rohman, Eric. My Friend Rabbit.
Summary:
Rabbit is friends with Mouse, and no matter what he does there is trouble. They are playing with Mouse’s plane, and gets it stuck in a tree, so he has an idea to stack animals on top of one another until the pile is high enough to reach the plane.
Analysis:
This book is beautifully illustrated, and just fun to read. Everyone has had a friend like Rabbit, or is that friend to others, so people of all ages can read and identify with it (especially my husband for one reason or another). The illustrations are fun, but functional. They are every bit as important as the text, because in some cases they replace the text entirely, so you have to read the pictures to know what is going on.
Reviews:
"Beautiful block print style illustrations in bold colors show Rabbit racing from page to page, carrying the reader ever onward."
Through The Looking Glass Children's Book Review
Enrichment activity:
1)Rabbit and Mouse fly an airplane together. What kinds of things do you do with your friends? Have students draw pictures of things they do with their friends. (relating to text)
2) What are some other methods Rabbit could have used to get the airplane out of the tree? Come up with a plan with a partner on how to get the plane out of the tree. Ex: a squirrel could climb up and get it for them, the elephant could use his trunk to reach it, a bird could fly to it. . .
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