My Friend Rabbit

Rohmann, E. (2002). My friend Rabbit. Brookfield., CT: Roaring Brook Press.

Format: Hardcover
Age:4+
Awards: Caldecott Medal Winner


This book tells the tale of Mouse and his friend Rabbit. At the beginning of the book Mouse says that although his friend does not mean to, he gets in trouble a lot. After this Rabbit gets Mouse's new plane stuck in a tree. Rabbit concocts a plan to get it down and starts dragging unwilling animals into a stack under the tree. The final animal on the stack is mouse. Interesting note about illustrations, when the animals are stacked up to the tree the illustrations flip so they are stacked across two-pages and the book needs to be turned. Then the pile of animals all tumble down. They are all angry at Rabbit and Mouse rescues him from certain trouble in his airplane that he retrieved. The book ends with Rabbit getting himself and Mouse in trouble once again. The illustrations in this book are beautifully done, and fun to look at. I think that this book would make a great addition to a preschool age story time.






Author's website: http://www.ericrohmann.com/