My Friend Rabbit

My Friend Rabbit

File:CM friend rabbit.jpg The front cover of the book My Friend Rabbit
Author	Eric Rohmann
Illustrator	Eric Rohmann
Cover artist	Eric Rohmann
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Children's picture book
Publisher	Roaring Brook Press and Millbrook Press
Publication date	2002
Pages	32 pages
ISBN	978-1-59643-080-8 Search this book on .
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 book tells the story of a friendship between a mouse and a rabbit in a lighthearted manner. The illustrations in the book earned Rohmann the Caldecott Medal in 2003. Additionally, My Friend Rabbit was adapted into an animated television series in 2007.

Description

My Friend Rabbit is a 32-page children's picture book exploring toys, trouble, and friendship themes. The book follows the adventures of a mouse and a rabbit and teaches valuable lessons to young readers about the importance of companionship.

Rohmann used "thick-lined colored woodcuts" to illustrate his "engagingly wacky" book. The reader needs to turn the book sideways to look at one image properly, making "the climax [...] even more dramatic". According to a reviewer in Booklist, "[t]remendous physical humor delivers a gentle lesson about accepting friends as they are".

Synopsis

The plot of My Friend Rabbit centers around a mouse who 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. However, 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.

My Friend Rabbit offers a lighthearted tale about friendship and problem-solving and has been well-received by young readers.

Television series

My Friend Rabbit
File:My Friend Rabbit title card.png
Genre	Adventure Animation Comedy Family
Directed by	Jason Groh
Voices of	Peter Oldring Richard Binsley
Theme music composer	John Welsman Cherie Camp
Opening theme	We Can Do it Together by Cherie Camp
Ending theme	We Can Do it Together (Instrumental)
Composer(s)	John Welsman
Country of origin	United States Canada
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producer(s)	Eric Rohmann Paul Robertson Scott Dyer Doug Murphy
Producer(s)	Lan Lamon Jamie Piekarz
Animator(s)	9 Story Entertainment
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Nelvana Limited Qubo
Release
Original network	Treehouse TV Qubo
Original release	October 4, 2007 (2007-10-04) – 2008 (2008)
Chronology
Related shows	Turbo Dogs Shelldon
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Search My Friend Rabbit on Amazon.

In the autumn of 2007, Nelvana produced an animated children's television show based on My Friend Rabbit, which aired on several networks including Qubo, Treehouse TV, Playhouse Disney (UK & Ireland) and Disney Junior (Canada). 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, John Welsman for Best Musical Scoring, and Steve Westren for Best Screenwriting. Ultimately, Steve Westren won the award for Best Screenwriting.

Cast and characters

Main characters

• Rabbit (voiced by Peter Oldring) is a kind and sharing, white rabbit that gets into all types of situations. His catchphrases are "Thumpeka!", "Carrotastic!", "Time for a hop-think", and "Hip-hopperoo!".
• Mouse (voiced by Richard Binsley) is a loving and sharing, brown mouse who is Rabbit's sidekick and best friend who gets into situations which fits him and Rabbit. Mouse likes neither water nor swimming. He breaks the fourth wall throughout the beginning and duration of every episode.
• Hazel (voiced by Denise Oliver) is an orange flying squirrel who spends most of her time for acorns, dealing with an acorn-loving animal. She is a bit like Mouse as she does not like swimming, or she becomes a squirrel with a wet tail.
• Thunder (voiced by Jeremy Harris) is a purple rhinoceros, she tends to be a bit "slower" than the other characters, but is cheerful and loves learning new things. He likes making songs most of all.
• Jasper (voiced by Milton Barnes) is a green alligator who is a fishing-loving animal in the world. Of all the characters, he seems to be the most mature and knows many things the others did not. When the other characters need to know something, they often go to him for sage advice.
• Edweena (voiced by Stacey DePass) is a blue elephant, as he does act like everyone's big sister.
• The Gibble Goose Girls are a quartet of white goslings that go and do everything together. They each have their own personality but are almost never seen alone. When they talk, they tend to do it all at once: one girl will start a sentence, and each other girl will complete part of the sentence until they finish. 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).

Episodes

Season 1

• 1. Little Dutch Rabbit / Fishing for the Moon
• 2. Follow the Leader / Chasing Rainbows
• 3. Mouse's Moss / The Sounds of Silence
• 4. Hazel's Big Surprise / The Last Leaf
• 5. A Gift at Last / The Big To Do
• 6. Muddy Puddle / Silly Pilly
• 7. Nest Quest / Bouncy Bog
• 8. Branching Out / Willow Pond Wackadoo
• 9. I'm Rabbit, I'm Rabbit / Bogged in Fog
• 10. Strange Bee-haviour / The Flighty Fly
• 11. Hazel's Voice / The Perfect Rock
• 12. Thunder the Poet / The Strawberry Patch
• 13. Sticky Situation / Ladybug Day

Season 2

• 1. The Greatest Invention / Turtle in a Hurry
• 2. A Private Place / My Droopy Friend
• 3. Pearl's Pals / For The Birds
• 4. Hazel's Noise / Don't Touch Mossy
• 5. Mouse's Mountain / You Be Me
• 6. Gibble Goose Girls Galore / Scaredy Skunk
• 7. Edweena's New Friend / Frog On A Log
• 8. The Mysterious Acorn Mystery / The Big Goose
• 9. The Hoppiest Wish / Mouse's Mysterious Something
• 10. Catch Me If You Can / The Snow Geese
• 11. Honey and Berries / Birthday Mousey
• 12. Sing A Song / Snowed Under
• 13. Jasper's Frozen Smarts / Thunder's Idea Maker

External links

• My Friend Rabbit on IMDb Search this movie on
• My Friend Rabbit at the Big Cartoon Database

Awards
Preceded by The Three Pigs	Caldecott Medal recipient 2003	Succeeded by The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

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