The Importance of Friendship

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	• My Friend Rabbit Square Fish, 2007 - 32 pages average customer review:based on 33 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The Importance of Friendship

I have just finished studying Modern Fantasy picture books in a Children's Literature class at Louisiana State University. One of the books our professor had us look at was "My Friend Rabbit," by Eric Rohmann. After reading the book, I purchased it for my 5-year-old cousin. I did this because it is a great book to use when teaching young children about sharing and the importance of friendship. Mouse's loyalty to his friend Rabbit is certainly something all of us, young and old, should aspire to emulate. I would use this book in a pre-school or kindergarten classroom. I would not use it after grade 2. I think by that time, children would be bored by it. They would lose interest in it's vivid illustrations and colorful characters, which are things that younger children are attracted to. It is a great book for a read-aloud, because it's illustrations are so interesting. I gave this book a 5-star rating because I truly believe it is one of the best picture books on the market.

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beautiful illustrations!

my 19 month old daughter loves the drawings in this...there are very few words but she gets the story from the drawings...similar set up like "good night gorilla" in terms of the pictures telling more of story than the actual words

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Not bad

I love the artwork in this book - very colorful, very well-done.

The storyline is great too - friends stick together, even if one of them is always getting you into scrapes.

I do find it a little awkward to read because, of course, there is no text for several pages in the middle of the book. At this point one has to ask the children to describe the action, but I suppose that's an important pre-reading skill anyway.

Check this one out before buying it.

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My Friend Rabbit

My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann is so funny. Rabbit and Mouse are friends forever and Mouse's little airplane gets stuck in a tree and he cannot get it down. So Rabbit has an idea to get Mouse's plane. Rabbit brought an elephant, a rhinoceros, a hippo, a duck and her four babies, a deer, a squirrel, an alligator, and a bear to pile up high to get Mouse's airplane. The squirrel lifted Mouse up to reach the plane and then all of the animals fell. And Mouse got stuck with his airplane. The animals were mad at Rabbit. But Mouse is still Rabbit's friend because Rabbit tried to help Mouse get his airplane. I would like other people to get this book because this is a nice book and funny book.

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great book for prediction

I went to an author seminar in Bellingham, Washington and was so excited to share this book with some of my students. We all liked the illustratuons and the students had a great time trying to guess what the next animal was going to be. I used this book with Kinder kids, 1st and 2nd graders. I am very interested to check out some of his other works.

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When Mouse lets his best friend, Rabbit, play with his brand-new airplane, trouble isn't far behind. From Caldecott Honor award winner Eric Rohmann comes a brand-new picture book about friends and toys and trouble, illustrated in robust, expressive prints.

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