Wednesday, June 11, 2008

My Friend Rabbit


My Friend Rabbit
by Eric Rohmann
Scholastic, Inc. (2002)

Awards or Honors: Caldecott Award winner 2003

Genre Category: Picture Book

Summary: Mouse and Rabbit are great friends. When rabbit lodges mouse's airplane in a tree, he goes to great lengths to fix the problem and save the day.

Online Connections:
1. Meet illustrator Eric Rohmann and learn more about him and his books at: http://www.rif.org/art/illustrators/rohmann.mspx
2. Listen to Eric Rohmann talk about himself and his work at: http://www.libraryofcongress.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=3567

Book Connections:
1. Time Flies by Eric Rohmann
2. Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes

Keywords: Rabbit, Mouse, Friends, Friendship, Airplanes, Animals, Caldecott Award

1 comment:

bkh said...

Joan,
Your blog looks great! I like the background you have chosen and your format is great.

I had to comment about the My Friend Rabbit book! It's funny, I was not familiar with these books, but I have seen the Saturday morning TV show. I will have to read the books!
Kay Hawkins