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To Rabbittown
A girl is transported to Rabbittown where she experiences life as a bunny
- GenresPicture BooksChildrens
32 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1989
About the author
April Halprin Wayland
14 books10 followersApril Halprin Wayland's newest picture book, MORE THAN ENOUGH--A Passover Story, illustrated by Katie Kath, is about being grateful for each moment. Each moment is more than enough.
Her picture book, NEW YEAR AT THE PIER--A Rosh Hashanah Story, won the Sydney Taylor Gold Award for Younger Readers and received a starred review in Publishers Weekly. It is an affectionate, celebratory story of forgiveness and what a boy learns at the pier on the Jewish New Year.
Her novel in poems, GIRL COMING IN FOR A LANDING, won the Myra Cohn Livingston Award for Poetry, the Lee Bennett Hopkins Honor Award for Childrens Poetry, was a Junior Library Guild selection, was nominated as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and was nominated for ALAs Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers.
The operative word of her website is whimsy--it's full of writing exercises and resources, as well as information on Tashlich and on forgiveness
http://www.aprilwayland.com
April also posts about poetry on the blog TeachingAuthors with five other children's authors who teach
http://www.teachingauthors.com
Her poems are widely published in CRICKET Magazine and anthologies and have won the SCBWI Magazine Merit Award for Poetry multiple times (garnering honors four times and winning it twice).
Other works include her NAPPA gold award-winning CD of stories, and numerous picture books (Scholastic and Knopf).
She gives workshops across the US and throughout Europe, and has been on the faculty of the UCLA Extension Writer's Program teaching Writing the Picture Book for Children since 1999.
Her picture book, NEW YEAR AT THE PIER--A Rosh Hashanah Story, won the Sydney Taylor Gold Award for Younger Readers and received a starred review in Publishers Weekly. It is an affectionate, celebratory story of forgiveness and what a boy learns at the pier on the Jewish New Year.
Her novel in poems, GIRL COMING IN FOR A LANDING, won the Myra Cohn Livingston Award for Poetry, the Lee Bennett Hopkins Honor Award for Childrens Poetry, was a Junior Library Guild selection, was nominated as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and was nominated for ALAs Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers.
The operative word of her website is whimsy--it's full of writing exercises and resources, as well as information on Tashlich and on forgiveness
http://www.aprilwayland.com
April also posts about poetry on the blog TeachingAuthors with five other children's authors who teach
http://www.teachingauthors.com
Her poems are widely published in CRICKET Magazine and anthologies and have won the SCBWI Magazine Merit Award for Poetry multiple times (garnering honors four times and winning it twice).
Other works include her NAPPA gold award-winning CD of stories, and numerous picture books (Scholastic and Knopf).
She gives workshops across the US and throughout Europe, and has been on the faculty of the UCLA Extension Writer's Program teaching Writing the Picture Book for Children since 1999.
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August 1, 2011
lovely, soft & dreamy
April 17, 2010
The rabbit told the boy to go to Rabbittown. He went to Rabbittown. He turned into a rabbit. He wanted to go back home. He loved the smell of the sea and the trimmed grass.
My favorite part was when he turned into a rabbit.
My favorite part was when he turned into a rabbit.
April 4, 2016
A girl travels into the far off distance to reach Rabbittown, where she turns into a bunny and experiences life as they do until she misses her family and returns home.
Essentially a straight, there and back story. "Where the Wild Things Are" with rabbits instead of a Royal Rumpus.
Essentially a straight, there and back story. "Where the Wild Things Are" with rabbits instead of a Royal Rumpus.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews