11/1/10

My Friend Rabbit



Author- Eric Rohmann


Title- My Friend Rabbit

Illustrator- Eric Rohmann

Year-2002

Genre- Caldecott

Format- Hardcover

Publisher- Roaring Book Press


Reading Level- Early Elementary


Interest Level- Elementary


Topics- Caldecott, Picture-storybook, Rabbits


Summary- This book is a really fun book for kids. The picture in the text are great and there is not words on all the pages so the kids can really get into the book by looking at the images. It is about a rabbit who always causes trouble even though he means well. He gets his airplane stuck in the tree and then tries to get it out bye getting a bunch of big animals to help. The bigger animals were not happy.


Extension Activity- You could have the students paint or color different pictures of all the animals or even make animal puppets. You could have a class discussion about what you would do if you got your airplane stuck in a tree.