- Hardcover: 32 pages
- Publisher: Roaring Brook Press (May 1 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0439579309
- ISBN-13: 978-0761315353
- ASIN: 0761315357
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 27.5 x 0.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 386 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #474,053 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
My friend Rabbit means well, begins the mouse narrator. But whatever he does, wherever he goes, trouble follows. Once Rabbit pitches Mouse's airplane into a tree, Rohmann tells most of the story through bold, expressive relief prints, a dramatic departure for the illustrator of The Cinder-Eyed Cats and other more painterly works. Rabbit might be a little too impulsive, but he has big ideas and plenty of energy. Rohmann pictures the pint-size, long-eared fellow recruiting an elephant, a rhinoceros and other large animals, and coaching them to stand one on top of another, like living building blocks, in order to retrieve Mouse's plane. Readers must tilt the book vertically to view the climactic spread: a tall, narrow portrait of a stack of very annoyed animals sitting on each other's backs as Rabbit holds Squirrel up toward the stuck airplane. The next spread anticipates trouble, as four duckling onlookers scurry frantically; the following scene shows the living ladder upended, with lots of flying feathers and scrabbling limbs. Somehow, in the tumult, the airplane comes free, and Mouse, aloft again, forgives his friend... even as the closing spread implies more trouble to follow. This gentle lesson in patience and loyalty, balanced on the back of a hilarious set of illustrations, will leave young readers clamoring for repeat readings. Ages 4-8.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 1-A simple story about Rabbit and Mouse, who, despite Rabbit's penchant for trouble, are friends. When Rabbit launches his toy airplane (with Mouse in the pilot seat at takeoff) and it gets stuck in a tree, he convinces his friend that he will come up with a plan to get it down. He does so by stacking animals on top of one another (beginning with an elephant and a rhinoceros) until they are within reach of the toy. The double-page, hand-colored relief prints with heavy black outlines are magnificent, and children will enjoy the comically expressive pictures of the animals before and after their attempt to extract the plane. The text is minimal; it's the illustrations that are the draw here.
Kristin de Lacoste, South Regional Public Library, Pembroke Pines, FL
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Kristin de Lacoste, South Regional Public Library, Pembroke Pines, FL
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Award winner? Yes. Great book? No.,
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This review is from: My Friend Rabbit (Hardcover)
Winner of the Caldecott Medal for best illustrated American children's book. "My Friend Rabbit" is a good looking, but curiously unengaging book for children. Certainly, it has nice woodblock-style illustrations with saturated colors, but the book suffers from failing to be a good read. It has few words, instead relying primarily on images to tell the story of an unlucky rabbit and his mouse friend that he launches in an airplane ...which inevitably gets stranded in a tree. How the rabbit solves the dilemma of the stuck plane piloted by his tiny buddy gives the story its humor.Despite the accolades, books like this suffer from not being a great bedtime read since the narrative is so reliant on the images. And though it is driven by pictures, the story has enough words to make it the kind of book that very young children can't follow completely by merely looking at the illustrations. The illustrations are also an issue. While they are clever and well done, I personally do not believe that this was the best illustrated book for children this year. Normally. there is little to debate when it comes to the Caldecott winners and runners-up, but as someone who goes through many children's books with my son, I simply do not agree with the Caldecott jury. There are many excellent children's books that marry a great story with outstanding graphics. I found "My Friend Rabbit" to be lacking in the story itself. There is just not much there. My toddler son, who usually responds well to great books by asking for me to read them over and over, never asked for me to read this book more than once. Nor did he pick it up on his own to look at the pictures. There was not enough in the book to hold his interest. Ultimately, that's the best review of all. Disappointing.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not to Worry Mouse I Have a Review,
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This review is from: My Friend Rabbit (Hardcover)
This was in the nightly reading stack for weeks and returns frequently. The book is short on words and requires you to look at the details before the whole story unfolds. We have had fun as we notice different details the more we read this book. My little one is about to turn 3 and may be on the verge of outgrowing this book. I'll be a little sad when she does.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Caldecott-worthy,
By A Customer
This review is from: My Friend Rabbit (Hardcover)
This book, as stated previously, is a true (and great!) picture book in every sense of the word. It ignites the children's vivid imaginations--that would otherwise be 'unimaginative' if it spelled every event out to them--by forcing them to ask questions and or tell the reader (us parents) what they think is going on. Lately books are full of words with minimal pictures, but not this one. Thank you Mr. Rohmann for creating an imaginative book with a wonderful message. Kudos!
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