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My Friend Rabbit
The front cover of the book My Friend Rabbit
Author Eric Rohmann
IllustratorEric Rohmann
Cover artistEric Rohmann
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Children's picture book
Publisher Roaring Brook Press and Millbrook Press
Publication date
 2002
Pages32 pages
ISBN 978-1-59643-080-8
Preceded by The Three Pigs 
Followed by The Man Who Walked Between the Towers 

My Friend Rabbit is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Eric Rohmann and first published in 2002. The illustrations in the book earned Rohmann the Caldecott Medal in 2003. [1] My Friend Rabbit was adapted into an animated television series in 2007.

Description

My Friend Rabbit is a 32-page children's picture book. The book follows the adventures of a mouse and a rabbit.

Rohmann used "thick-lined colored woodcuts" to illustrate his book. [2] The reader needs to turn the book sideways to look at one image properly, making "the climax [...] even more dramatic". [3] According to a reviewer in Booklist, the book's "[t]remendous physical humor delivers a gentle lesson about accepting friends as they are". [4]

Synopsis

A mouse loans his new airplane to his best friend, Rabbit, resulting in a series of troublesome events. When the airplane gets stuck in a tree, Rabbit gathers a group of animals in an attempt to retrieve it. The plan goes awry and the animals fall, causing them to become angry with Rabbit. Despite this, Mouse remains loyal to his friend and demonstrates the true nature of friendship. In the end, Rabbit comes up with a new idea to retrieve the airplane, leading to further adventures.

Television series

My Friend Rabbit
Genre Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Family
Directed byJason Groh
Voices of Peter Oldring
Richard Binsley
Theme music composerJohn Welsman
Cherie Camp
Opening themeWe Can Do it Together by Cherie Camp
Ending themeWe Can Do it Together (Instrumental)
ComposerJohn Welsman
Country of originCanada
No. of series2
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producersEric Rohmann
Paul Robertson
Scott Dyer
Doug Murphy
ProducersLan Lamon
Jamie Piekarz
Animator 9 Story Entertainment
Running time30 minutes
Production companies Nelvana Limited
Qubo
Original release
Network Treehouse TV
Qubo
ReleaseOctober 4, 2007 (2007-10-04) –
2008 (2008)

In the autumn of 2007, Nelvana produced an animated children's television show based on My Friend Rabbit. The program was recognized with several awards, including the Pulcinella Award for Best Preschool TV Series in 2008 and the Alliance of Children's Television Award for Best Preschool Series in 2009. The show was also nominated for three Gemini Awards in categories that included Best Direction, Best Musical Scoring, and Best Screenwriting. The nominees were Jason Groh for Best Direction,[ citation needed] John Welsman for Best Musical Scoring, and Steve Westren for Best Screenwriting. Ultimately, Steve Westren won the award. [5]

Cast and characters

  • Rabbit (voiced by Peter Oldring) is a white rabbit.
  • Mouse (voiced by Richard Binsley) is a loving and sharing mouse who is Rabbit’s sidekick.
  • Hazel (voiced by Denise Oliver) is an orange squirrel who is very playful and likes to collect acorns.
  • Thunder (voiced by Jeremy Harris) is a purple rhinoceros.
  • Jasper (voiced by Milton Barnes) is a green alligator who is very intelligent.
  • Edweena (voiced by Stacey DePass) is a blue elephant who acts like a big sister figure to the others.
  • The Gibble Goose Girls are a quartet of white goslings. Their names are Coral (voiced by Isabel de Carteret), Amber (voiced by Hannah Endicott-Douglas), Jade (voiced by Nissae Isen) and Pearl (voiced by Camden Angelis).

References

  1. ^ "Caldecott Medal & Honor Books, 1938 to present" (PDF). ala.org. Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023. 2003 Medal Winner: My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press)
  2. ^ "Kirkus Reviews: My Friend Rabbit". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media, LLC. May 19, 2010. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
  3. ^ Hinckley, Kristie (2017). "My Friend Rabbit". Children's Book and Media Review. 38 (6). Brigham Young University. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
  4. ^ Fletcher, Connie. "My Friend Rabbit By Eric Rohmann". Booklist. American Library Association. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
  5. ^ "24th Annual Gemini Awards Full List of Nominations & Winners" (PDF). Archived on the Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved November 16, 2023.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)

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Awards
Preceded by Caldecott Medal recipient
2003 		Succeeded by
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