My Friend Rabbit
Written and Illustrated by Eric Rohmann
2003 Caldecott Medal Book
This book is a simple read for pre-school - first grade students. The story is narrated by a mouse who has a friend rabbit. This rabbit friend of his always seems to find trouble. When the rabbit angers all of the other animals the mouse still stands by his side and continues to be a good friend because he knows rabbit means well. The story ends with rabbit getting mouse into another mess and it leaves the reader to predict how rabbit will try to get them out of the tree this time...
I think this story teaches students at a young age what it means to be a true friend. Through the colorful and humorous illustrations students will be drawn into this story of friendship. This book would be very helpful for children who are just learning to read because the illustrations describe the majority of the story and the words are secondary. I think that is what makes this book unique. When reading this book I realized how important the illustrations really are to a story. If you read this book while only looking at the words you would have an entirely different perception of what the book was about. It is amazing to me how illustrations can make such a large impact on the story and how it is portrayed by the reader.
In primary school nothing is more fun and exciting than a book about funny animals! I plan to buy this book for my classroom library.
No comments:
Post a Comment