Author: -Eric Rohmann
Title: -My Friend Rabbit
Illustrator: -Eric Rohmann
Publisher: Roaring Book Press
Year: -2002
Format: Hardcover
Genre: - Caldecott
Reading Level: - Assisted Reader
Interest Level: - Preschool, Primary, Elementary School
Topics: -Caldecott, Friends, Rabbit, Mouse
Summary:Rabbit and Mouse are the best of friends. Rabbit was playing with Mouse's toy airplane and got it stuck in a tree. He gathers tons of animals, anything from a rhinoceros to a squirrel to get his best friends airplane down. They finally stack over 15 animals on top of each other to get the airplane down and right as Rabbit and Mouse get to the top the animals start to lose their balance and fall over. Mouse finally gets the airplane. They fly around until they get it stuck again. But knowing Rabbit, he decides that he has another great plan.
Illustrator: -Eric Rohmann
Publisher: Roaring Book Press
Year: -2002
Format: Hardcover
Genre: - Caldecott
Reading Level: - Assisted Reader
Interest Level: - Preschool, Primary, Elementary School
Topics: -Caldecott, Friends, Rabbit, Mouse
Summary:Rabbit and Mouse are the best of friends. Rabbit was playing with Mouse's toy airplane and got it stuck in a tree. He gathers tons of animals, anything from a rhinoceros to a squirrel to get his best friends airplane down. They finally stack over 15 animals on top of each other to get the airplane down and right as Rabbit and Mouse get to the top the animals start to lose their balance and fall over. Mouse finally gets the airplane. They fly around until they get it stuck again. But knowing Rabbit, he decides that he has another great plan.
Extension Activities:
The class will make paper airplanes and reenact the story.
The class will make paper airplanes and reenact the story.