My first few blog posts are going to explore some Caldecott Award winning books. For those who are not familiar with this award, the Caldecott Medal is awarded each year to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book published that year. This award is given by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) which is a division of the American Library Association.
I am eager to start this summer reading by catching up on some of these award winning books that I have yet to read.
This was such a lighthearted story about the friendship between a mouse and a rabbit. The story begins when Mouse lets his best friend, Rabbit, play with his brand new airplane. However, trouble isn't far behind when Rabbit tries to launch the plane, it ends up in a tree, too high to reach. Mouse is clearly upset and in tears because he cannot get his airplane down, but being such a good friend, Rabbit quickly devises a plan. He gathers several other animals over to help. As each of the animals are piled on top of one another with rhino on top of elephant, hippo on top of rhino, antelope on top of hippo, crocodile on top of antelope, bear on top of crocodile, goose on top of bear, and squirrel on top of goose holding mouse, the airplane is finally able to be reached. However, more trouble lurks when another disaster happens, the animal ladder collapses sending the animals bouncing every which way. This results in Mouse left hanging on to the wing of the plane which is still stuck in the tree. Finally the plane is rescued, but trouble emerges again when Rabbit tries to take a plane ride with mouse.
This warm, charming story is such a treasure and gives a great lesson in friendship. There are very few words thought the book, but yet the Rabbit bouncing from one page to the next keeps the reader’s attention. My favorite part of the book was of course the illustrations. They are simply stunning with very bold colors and the equally appealing block print style compliment perfectly. I would recommend this book to others and I look forward to reading it with my class!
The first book that I read was the 2003 award winner, My Friend Rabbit. This book was written and illustrated by Eric Rohmann.
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