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Jennifer's Rabbit
Provides a fantastical tale in which a young girl dreams about a great adventure on the high seas with her friends where castles are built with moonbeams as stars shine brightly from the heavens.
- GenresPicture BooksChildrens
32 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1969
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June 24, 2017
I was predisposed to adore this book because Jennifer is my daughters name. Also the girl in the illustrations does look remarkably like her.
The story is engaging and fun, but it's the illustrations I love. So imaginative and bright.
The story is engaging and fun, but it's the illustrations I love. So imaginative and bright.
October 8, 2019
Beautiful poem in the style of Wykn, Blykn, and Nod. Perfect bedtime read.
March 1, 2015
"Jennifer's Rabbit" by Tom Paxton is a story about the dream a young girl named Jennifer has one night. The story begins with Jennifer asleep in her bed. In her dream, Jennifer and her favorite stuffed animals go on a late night adventure. More specifically, Jennifer begins the dream by dreaming about her rabbit stuffed animal. Jennifer dreams that her rabbit leaves her house and meets up with other animals from the zoo. When Jennifer realizes this, she happily joins. During the journey, Jennifer and the animals arrive at the ocean that is also known as "the sea of very best dreams." At the ocean, a large ship appears in the bay. Jennifer and her animals are kindly greeted by the sailors, and they all curiously board the ship. On the ship, they dance, eat cookies, and count every star in the sky. Finally, once Jennifer has grown tired, she departs the ship and heads back home to bed. Along the way back she continues to count the stars, and the final count was a trillion and four stars. Finally, the story ends with Jennifer sleeping soundly in her bed with her stuffed animals.
After first reading this book, I was very impressed with the illustrations. The watercolor illustrations are the focal point of each page and cover each page from top to bottom. In addition, the illustrations in this story are very detailed and complex. Children could spend hours studying every fine detail on each page like the hoop earring in the sailor’s ear, the fiddle that the turtle is playing, the blue starred bandana that the monkey wears, and the big pink hat Jennifer wears. Furthermore, since this book is a bedtime story, it encourages children to apply their imaginations. The images are full of fantasy as zoo animals are walking on two legs, dancing, playing musical instruments, and eating food that typically only humans would eat. As children study the images, the images will then help spark their creativity, and the children might be able to recall a fanciful dream they previously had. Additionally, the illustrations are so detailed that each character’s emotion is easily recognized. For example, when Jennifer began her adventure with the animals, the high levels of excitement in Jennifer's face is given away in the illustrations with her raised eyebrows, wide-eyes, and huge grin.
In conclusion, I recommend this story to children within the 4-8 age range. This is a fantastic bedtime story for children in this age range because the children at this age are just learning about what a dream really is, and they are more likely to understand what it means to use their imaginations. In addition, this is the age range when children first start learning how to read, and this is also the timeframe when a child’s vocabulary skyrockets. This book is great for these children because almost every page has two sentences that end in a rhyme like “white, night”, “sea, tea”, and “why, sky”. Therefore, this book is good for developing a child’s vocabulary. Finally, this story features many elements that young children enjoy. Some of these elements include cute animals, counting stars, and sharing cookies with friends. Therefore, I feel this book is very relatable to children within this age group, and I highly recommend this story to these children.
After first reading this book, I was very impressed with the illustrations. The watercolor illustrations are the focal point of each page and cover each page from top to bottom. In addition, the illustrations in this story are very detailed and complex. Children could spend hours studying every fine detail on each page like the hoop earring in the sailor’s ear, the fiddle that the turtle is playing, the blue starred bandana that the monkey wears, and the big pink hat Jennifer wears. Furthermore, since this book is a bedtime story, it encourages children to apply their imaginations. The images are full of fantasy as zoo animals are walking on two legs, dancing, playing musical instruments, and eating food that typically only humans would eat. As children study the images, the images will then help spark their creativity, and the children might be able to recall a fanciful dream they previously had. Additionally, the illustrations are so detailed that each character’s emotion is easily recognized. For example, when Jennifer began her adventure with the animals, the high levels of excitement in Jennifer's face is given away in the illustrations with her raised eyebrows, wide-eyes, and huge grin.
In conclusion, I recommend this story to children within the 4-8 age range. This is a fantastic bedtime story for children in this age range because the children at this age are just learning about what a dream really is, and they are more likely to understand what it means to use their imaginations. In addition, this is the age range when children first start learning how to read, and this is also the timeframe when a child’s vocabulary skyrockets. This book is great for these children because almost every page has two sentences that end in a rhyme like “white, night”, “sea, tea”, and “why, sky”. Therefore, this book is good for developing a child’s vocabulary. Finally, this story features many elements that young children enjoy. Some of these elements include cute animals, counting stars, and sharing cookies with friends. Therefore, I feel this book is very relatable to children within this age group, and I highly recommend this story to these children.
September 4, 2013
This is a cute story about a little girl and the exciting dream that she shares with her stuffed animals. She goes on an amazing journey and ends up back in her bed with her best friends. It is short and sweet and a great bedtime story for little ones with big imaginations.
September 14, 2015
A lovely book with beautiful illustrations!
Possible storytime themes for this book: bedtime, animals, pirates, stars, boats and ships
And...this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okfku...
Huzzah!
Possible storytime themes for this book: bedtime, animals, pirates, stars, boats and ships
And...this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okfku...
Huzzah!
April 10, 2012
Just for the record...I have not seen this edition. I like the illustrations of the late 60's/early 70's edition! I'm NOT a fan of new pictures with later editions.
October 19, 2013
I really liked this book!
November 27, 2015
Bedtime story idea.
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